VIM cheetsheets

General

• .: Repeat last command

Moving Cursor with Word

• e: Move to end of word
• w: Move to beginning of word (prepend number to specify how many word)
• W: Move forward a WORD, any non-whitespace characters (prepend number to specify how many word)
• b: Move backward to the beginning of a word. (prepend number to specify how many word)

Moving Cursor with Lines

• $: Move end of line
• 0: Move beginning of line
• k or Up: Move up 1 line (prepend number to specify how many lines)
• j or Down or Enter: Move down 1 line (prepend number to specify how many lines)
• : 10 Enter: Jump to line 10

Moving Cursor with Screen

• H or gg: Jump to the top of the screen.
• M: Jump to the middle of the screen.
• L or G: Jump to the bottom of the screen.

Deleting

• daw : Delete the word under the cursor (prepend number to specify how many words)
• caw : Delete the word under the cursor and put you in insert mode
• dw: Delete a word from the cursor
• dd: Delete current line

Indentation

• >>: Indent line by shiftwidth spaces

• <<: De-indent line by shiftwidth spaces

• 5>>: Indent 5 lines

• 5==: Re-indent 5 lines

• >% : Increase indent of a braced or bracketed block (place cursor on brace first)

• =% : Reindent a braced or bracketed block (cursor on brace)

• <% : Decrease indent of a braced or bracketed block (cursor on brace)

• ]p : Paste text, aligning indentation with surroundings

• =i{: Re-indent the 'inner block', i.e. the contents of the block

• =a{: Re-indent 'a block', i.e. block and containing braces

• =2a: Re-indent '2 blocks', i.e. this block and containing block

• >i{: Increase inner block indent

• <i{: Decrease inner block indent