Movement (in command mode only)

• h move left 1 char (can be multipled)
• j move down 1 line (can be multipled)
• k move up 1 line (can be multipled)
• l move right 1 line (can be multipled)
• Ctrl+u move up a paragraph (like page up)
• Ctrl+d move down a paragraph (like page down)
• w move forward one word (can be multipled)
• b move backward one word (can be multipled)
• e move to the end of current word (can be multipled)
• 0 move to first character of this line
• ^ move to first non-blank character of this line
• $ move to last char of this line
• :0 move to first line of file
• gg same as :0
• :$ move to last line of file
• G same as :$
• 4G go to line number 4

Command

in general

• i change to insert mode
• a append - change to insert mode from the next column
• o append a new line below current line and change to insert mode
• O append a new line above current line and change to insert mode
• ESC exit insert mode
• u undo (can be multipled)
• Ctrl+r redo
• :!terminal_command execute terminal_command in console (ex. :!pwd)

with file and windows

• :q quit current file
• :w newfile.txt save a newfile
• :w save current file
• :q! quit current file without saving
• :wq save and quit current file
• ZZ same as :wq
• :qa quit all opening file
• :wqa save&quit all opening file
• :wq save all opening file
• :e path_to_file_without_braces edit this file
• :sp path_to_file_without_braces split windows to edit this file
• :vs path_to_file_without_braces vertical split windows to edit this file
• Ctrl+w h/j/k/l/movement_keys move cursor between windows

text and blocks editing

• x cut char (can be multipled)
• c change char
• cw change word (can be multipled)
• s subtitude char (can be multipled)
• r replace char (can be multipled)
• dd cut current line (can be multipled)
• dw cut 2 words (can be multipled)
• dG cut till the end of this file
• D cut from cursor position till the end of this line
• p paste after cursor
• P paste before cursor
• yy yank this line (can be multipled)
• yw yank 2 words (can be multipled)
• . repeat previous command
• /text search for "text" in this file
• n next search result
• :s/text1/text2 replaces the first instance of text1 with text2
• :%s/text1/text2 replaces all instances of text1 with text2