cheatsheet for Neovim, a popular Vim-based text editor:
Navigation
h
, j
, k
, l
: move cursor left, down, up, right
w
: move cursor to the start of the next word
b
: move cursor to the start of the previous word
e
: move cursor to the end of the current word
gg
: move cursor to the beginning of the document
G
: move cursor to the end of the document
0
: move cursor to the beginning of the current line
$
: move cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl-u
: move cursor up by half a page
Ctrl-d
: move cursor down by half a page
Ctrl-b
: move cursor up by a full page
Ctrl-f
: move cursor down by a full page
Editing
i
: enter insert mode at the cursor position
a
: enter insert mode after the cursor position
I
: enter insert mode at the beginning of the current line
A
: enter insert mode at the end of the current line
o
: enter insert mode on a new line below the current line
O
: enter insert mode on a new line above the current line
dd
: delete the current line
dw
: delete from the cursor position to the end of the current word
d$
: delete from the cursor position to the end of the current line
yy
: yank (copy) the current line
yw
: yank from the cursor position to the end of the current word
y$
: yank from the cursor position to the end of the current line
p
: paste the last yanked or deleted text after the cursor position
P
: paste the last yanked or deleted text before the cursor position
Search and Replace
/[pattern]
: search forward for the next occurrence of "pattern"
?[pattern]
: search backward for the previous occurrence of "pattern"
n
: repeat the last search in the same direction
N
: repeat the last search in the opposite direction
:%s/old/new/g
: replace all occurrences of "old" with "new" in the entire document
:s/old/new/g
: replace all occurrences of "old" with "new" in the current line
:s/old/new/gc
: replace all occurrences of "old" with "new" in the current line with confirmation prompts
Files and Buffers
:e [filename]
: open a file named "filename"
:w
: save the current file
:w [filename]
: save the current file with a new name "filename"
:q
: quit the current buffer
:q!
: quit the current buffer without saving changes
:wq
: save the current file and quit the buffer
:e#
: switch to the Navigationprevious buffer
Miscellaneous
:set [number]
: display line numbers
:set [nonumber]
: hide line numbers
:set paste
: enable paste mode (useful for pasting code without auto-indentation)
:set nopaste
: disable paste mode
:set spell
: enable spell checking
:set nospell
: disable spell checking
:set ignorecase
: ignore case when searching
:set noignorecase
: do not ignore case when searching
:set hlsearch
: highlight search results
:set nohlsearch
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Top comments (1)
Thanks, I love that this is in a responsive html/css format so i can pin it to my browser sidebar while i work