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Vim Tutor

What I learned by vimtutor.

TL;DR

Skip this. Use vimtutor instead.

General usage

c [number] motion

Motions

0 Begin of line
$ End of line

Undo

u undo
U undo line
CTRL+r redo

Jump

Press G to move you to the bottom of the file.
Jump to line 123G or :123
Type gg to move you to the start of the file.
To go back to where you came from press CTRL-O
CTRL-I goes forward.
% jumps between matching parentheses

Search

To search for a phrase in the backward direction, use ? instead of /.

Substitute

:%s/old/new/gc replace word in file with confirmation

Files

:w FILENAME writes the current file to disk
v motion :w FILENAME saves the Visually selected
:r FILENAME reads file and inserts it
:r !dir reads the output of the dir command

Insert

i insert
a insert after cursor
I insert begin of line
A insert end of line

Replace

r one char
R replace multiple chars
Ctrl+j remove line break

Plugins

`Plug 'easymotion/vim-easymotion'`

Jump in file aka Autojump ,,w

`Plug 'terryma/vim-multiple-cursors'`

Select next occurence of word CTRL+n

`Plug 'prettier/vim-prettier', { 'do': 'npm install' }`

Format code with ,p or on save

`Plug 'tpope/vim-surround'`

Surround with parens eg. ysiW" or ds"

Other ressources

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