A buffer is a file opened in memory.
| Purpose |
Command |
| Go to buffer using ID or Name |
:buffer <id_or_name> |
| Go to next buffer |
:bnext or :bn |
| Go to previous buffer |
:bprevious or :bp |
| Go to first buffer |
:bfirst or :bf |
| Go to last buffer |
:bfirst or :bl |
| Add file to buffer list |
:badd <filename> |
| Delete buffer by ID or Name |
:bdelete <filename> |
| Delete buffers by ID |
:<from_id>,<to_id>bdelete |
| Delete all buffers |
:%bdelete |
| HELP |
:help buffers or :help :buffers |
:help buffers
:help :buffers
| Purpose |
Key |
| Go to alternate (#) buffer |
CTRL-^ |
| Go to specific with ID buffer |
3 CTRL-^ |
A window is a workspace for viewing buffers
| Purpose |
Command |
| Close window |
:q |
| Force close window |
:q! |
| HELP |
:help windows |
| HELP |
:help window-move-cursor |
| HELP |
:help window-moving |
| HELP |
:help window-resize |
| Purpose |
Key |
| Split window horizontally |
CTRL-w s |
| Split window vertically |
CTRL-w v |
| Open new file in h-split window |
CTRL-w n |
| Open alternate (#) in h-split window |
CTRL-w ^ |
| Open buffer in h-split window |
<id> CTRL-w |
| Move cursor to top window |
CTRL-w k |
| Move cursor to left window |
CTRL-w h |
| Move cursor to right window |
CTRL-w l |
| Move cursor to bottom window |
CTRL-w j |
| Rotate window layout |
CTRL-w r |
| Exchange window with next |
CTRL-w x |
| Resize to equal sizes |
CTRL-w = |
| Decrease window height |
CTRL-w - |
| Increase window height |
CTRL-w + |
| Decrease window width |
CTRL-w < |
| Increase window width |
CTRL-w > |
:help windows
:help opening-window
:help window-move-cursor
:help window-moving
:help window-resize
A tab is a container for a one or multiple of windows
| Purpose |
Command |
| Open a new tab |
:tabnew or :tabe |
| Close the current tab |
:tabclose or :tabc |
| Close all except current tab |
:tabonly or :tabo |
| Purpose |
Key |
| Go to next tab |
gt |
| Go to previous tab |
gT |
:help tab-page
A arglist is a container holding a subset of buffers
| Purpose |
Command |
| Display the arglist |
:args |
| Add file to the arglist |
:argadd |
| Execute on every file in arglist |
:argdo |
| To next file in arglist |
:next |
| To previous file in arglist |
:prev |
| To first file in arglist |
:first |
:help arglist
| Purpose |
Command |
| Map in Normal mode |
:nmap |
| Map in Insert mode |
:imap |
| Map in Visual mode |
:xmap |
| Map in CLI mode |
:cmap |
| Non-recursive map in CLI mode |
:nnoremap |
| Non-recursive map in CLI mode |
:inoremap |
| Non-recursive map in CLI mode |
:vnoremap |
| Non-recursive map in CLI mode |
:cnoremap |
:help mapping
:help leader
:help key-notation
| Purpose |
Key |
| Go to previous cursor position |
<C-o> |
| Go to next cursor position |
<C-i> |
| Go to previous change |
g; |
| Go to next change |
g, |
| Go to start of method |
[m |
| Go to end of method |
]m |
:help jump-motions
:help jumplist
:help changelist
| Purpose |
Key |
| Repeat last change |
<C-o> |
| Repeat last command |
<C-o> |
:help single-repeat
:help complex-repeatF
| Purpose |
Key |
| Open command history |
q: OR :hostory : |
| Open search history |
:q/ AND q? OR :history / AND :history ? |
:help cmdline-window
:help 'history'
:help undo-redo
:help undo-persistence
:help undo-tree
| Purpose |
Key |
| Edit file under cursor |
gf |
| Open file under cursor using default application |
gx |
| Go to last change [INSERT] |
gi |
| Go to last selection [VISUAL] |
gv |
| Select match of last search [VISUAL] |
gn |
| Insert text at first non-blank |
gI |
| Print ascii, hex, oct in cli |
ga |
| Motion to lowercase |
gu |
| Motion to uppercase |
gU |
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