Vim basics

Movement:

Command shortcut
Move row down Ctrl Y
Move row up Ctrl E
Move half page down Ctrl D
Move half page up Ctrl U
Move page up Ctrl B
Move page down Ctrl F
Move current line top zt
Move current line middle zz
Move current line bottom zb

Window management:

Command shortcut
Vertical split :vspl
Split vertical Ctrl w v
Split horizontal Ctrl w s
Navigation Ctrl w
Close Ctrl w c
increase width ctrl w >
decrease width ctrl w <
increase height ctrl w +
decrease height ctrl w -
reset equals ctrl w =
maximize split ctrl w _
split :sp
vertical split :vsp

Copy paste:

Command shortcut
copy is yank y
cut is delete d
yank line yy
delete line dd
yank word yw
delete word dw
paste after cursor p
paste before cursor P
copy one char y
one tip like cut undo xu

you can prepend register in front of

  • “ register
  • ”” default register
  • ”+ and “* system registers(on windows same)
  • % Name of the current file
  • : Most recently executed command
  • . Contains the last inserted text
  • “ Last used register

Bookmarks:

Command shortcut remark
New bookmark m big letter means global bookmark
Go to bookmark ` exact location
Go to bookmark line ‘ exact location
Show bookmarks :marks  
Delete bookmaraks :delmarks  

see bookmarks

Buffers:

Command shortcut
Next buffer :bnext or :bn
Previous buffer :bprev or :bp
Switch by number :b nr
Switch by name :b part of name
Buffers’ list :buffers
Jump backward Ctrl-o
Jump forward Ctrl-i
Switch prev buffer and back Ctrl-^

see buffers