VIM basic operations

1) modes:

mode	key	description
General Mode	<ESC>
Insert Mode	i	begin at current cursor place
	a	begin at the following character position
	A	begin at the end of this line
	o	get a new line below
	O	get a new line above
	ce	remove the following characters of the word the cursor points to
Replace Mode	R	replace all, r can replacethe current character
Visual Mode	v
Visual BlockMode	Ctrl + v

2) General Mode:

2.1) move cursor

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key	description
w	move cursor forward to the front of the next word
e	move cursor forward to the tail of the next word
Nw	move cursor forward N words(to the start of a word
Ne	move cursor forward N words(to the end of a word
0	move cursor to the start of this line
$	move cursor to the end of this line
gg	move cursor to the start of this file
G	move cursor to the end of this file
Ctrl+ g	show where the cursor is and the file state

2.2) delete contents

key	description
x	delete acharacter
d2w	delete 2 words
dw	delete aword(including whitespace)
de	delete aword(excluding whitespace)
dd	delete a line
2dd	delete 2 lines
J	delete '\n' ofcurrent line
d$	delete all the following characters of this line

2.3) move contents

description	detailed-description	key
move words/lines		(deletecontents) + p(paste)
copy words/lines	copy blocks	v(visual mode) + move cursor + y(yank, copy) + p(paste)
copy words/lines	copy word	yw(yank word) + p(paste)

2.4) undo and redo

description	key
undo	u
redo(undo undo)	Ctrl +r
undo alloperations for this line	U

2.5) search commands

description	key
search the wordthe cursor points to	Shift+ *
search forward	/xxxx
search backward	?xxxx
search andignore case once	/xxxx/c
jump to the nexthit target	n
jump to theprevious hit target	N
return to previous	Ctrl + o
return to next	Ctrl + i

2.6) customize search rules

description	key
set ignore case	:setic
set hlsearch andincsearch	:sethls is
set no ignorecase	:setnoic
remove highlightsearch	:setnohlsearch
ignore caseonce	/xxxx/c

2.7) help

description	key
vimdocumentation help	:help
exit help	ZZ
enter hyperlink	Ctrl+ ]
exit hyperlink	Ctrl+ t, Ctrl + o
shell command	vimtutor

2.8) shell command related

description	detailed-description	key
retrive and merge files	retrive contents in file A and insert it to the next line of theposition the cursor points to	:rfileA
retrive and merge files	retrive result of a commandA execution and insert it to the next line of theposition the cursor points to	:r!commandA
execute external command		:!command (shellcommand)
	write to a specific fileF	:w fileF
	remove a specific fileF	:rm fileF
	write the seleted contentsto a specific fileF	v (movecursor) :w fileF

2.9) visual block insert(useful when annotating source code):

Ctrl + v(enter visual blockmode), I + characters(insert), <ESC>

2.10) vsplit

description	detailed-description	key
open another fileF		:vsplitfileF
switch between windows		Ctrl+ ww
equalize window size		Ctrl+ W, =
vertical resize window size	specify size	:vertical resize N(pixels)
	increase/decrease size	:Ctrl+ W, </>
horizontal resize window size	specify size	:resize N(pixels)
	increase/decrease size	:Ctrl+ W, +/- N(pixels)