The latest articles on DEV Community by 0xgamma (@black0rca). https://dev.to/black0rca https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4090309%2F0984b531-fd81-4d86-a712-4f6637cb1ce1.jpg https://dev.to/black0rca en 0xgamma Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:20:56 +0000 https://dev.to/black0rca/why-some-people-use-neovim-881 https://dev.to/black0rca/why-some-people-use-neovim-881 <p>I'm use neovim in cli like in my home but im not use Ide before in my live my first try pc is arch linux and neovim So I think I'm the best person to ask </p> <p><strong>what is special in neovim</strong> <br> 1: is so lightweight use ram is just 50-20 mb ram <br> 2: you can config anything in lua language <br> 3: open into terminal ssh protocol edit in code into server <br> 4: vim keybinding like </p> <h1> Vim / Neovim Keybindings Cheat Sheet </h1> <h2> Navigation (Normal Mode) </h2> <ul> <li> <code>h</code> / <code>j</code> / <code>k</code> / <code>l</code> : Move Left / Down / Up / Right</li> <li> <code>w</code> / <code>b</code> : Jump forward / backward by word</li> <li> <code>e</code> / <code>ge</code> : Jump to end of current / previous word</li> <li> <code>0</code> / <code>^</code> / <code>$</code> : Go to start of line / first non-blank char / end of line</li> <li> <code>gg</code> / <code>G</code> : Go to first line / last line of file</li> <li> <code>{</code> / <code>}</code> : Jump to previous / next paragraph</li> <li> <code>Ctrl + u</code> / <code>d</code> : Scroll Half-page Up / Down</li> <li> <code>Ctrl + b</code> / <code>f</code> : Scroll Full-page Up / Down</li> </ul> <h2> Editing &amp; Insert Mode </h2> <ul> <li> <code>i</code> / <code>I</code> : Insert before cursor / at start of line</li> <li> <code>a</code> / <code>A</code> : Append after cursor / at end of line</li> <li> <code>o</code> / <code>O</code> : Open new line below / above current line</li> <li> <code>u</code> : Undo</li> <li> <code>Ctrl + r</code>: Redo</li> <li> <code>.</code> : Repeat last editing command</li> </ul> <h2> Cutting, Copying &amp; Pasting </h2> <ul> <li> <code>x</code> : Delete character under cursor</li> <li> <code>dw</code> : Delete word</li> <li> <code>dd</code> : Delete (cut) line</li> <li> <code>d$</code> / <code>D</code>: Delete from cursor to end of line</li> <li> <code>yy</code> / <code>Y</code>: Yank (copy) line</li> <li> <code>yw</code> : Yank word</li> <li> <code>p</code> / <code>P</code> : Paste after / before cursor</li> </ul> <h2> Search &amp; Replace </h2> <ul> <li> <code>/pattern</code> : Search forward for <code>pattern</code> </li> <li> <code>?pattern</code> : Search backward for <code>pattern</code> </li> <li> <code>n</code> / <code>N</code> : Jump to next / previous match</li> <li> <code>*</code> / <code>#</code> : Search word under cursor forward / backward</li> <li> <code>:%s/old/new/g</code> : Replace all occurrences in file</li> <li> <code>:%s/old/new/gc</code> : Replace all occurrences with confirmation prompt</li> </ul> <h2> Visual Mode </h2> <ul> <li> <code>v</code> : Character-wise visual mode</li> <li> <code>V</code> : Line-wise visual mode</li> <li> <code>Ctrl + v</code>: Block-wise visual mode</li> <li> <code>y</code> : Yank selection</li> <li> <code>d</code> : Delete selection</li> <li> <code>&gt;</code> / <code>&lt;</code>: Indent / Outdent selection</li> </ul> <h2> Text Objects (Inside / Around) </h2> <ul> <li> <code>ci"</code> : Change inside quotes (<code>"..."</code>)</li> <li> <code>ca"</code> : Change around quotes (includes quotes)</li> <li> <code>di(</code> : Delete inside parentheses</li> <li> <code>da(</code> : Delete around parentheses</li> <li> <code>yi{</code> : Yank inside curly braces</li> </ul> <h2> Buffers, Windows &amp; Tabs </h2> <ul> <li> <code>:w</code> : Save file</li> <li> <code>:q</code> : Quit buffer</li> <li> <code>:wq</code> / <code>:x</code> : Save and quit</li> <li> <code>:q!</code> : Quit without saving</li> <li> <code>:sp</code> / <code>:vsp</code> : Split window horizontally / vertically</li> <li> <code>Ctrl + w</code> + <code>h/j/k/l</code> : Move focus between split windows</li> </ul> <p>you are just use keyboard not touch mouse in more </p> <p>ya this learning curve so hard but is funny </p> <p>you want learn more about vim like game to learning <a href="https://vim-adventures.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">vim</a> </p> <p>start distro like <a href="https://www.lazyvim.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">lazyvim</a> quick start distro so this sample blog is my fist blog thank you for reading my blog </p> vim neovim linux cli