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Vim shortcuts

Vim Keyboard Shortcuts

General

:help access help :wq write file + quit :q exit

Edit

u undo . redo y y copy line text p paste d d cut current line d e delete from cursor to eol d w delete word to right o open black line below O open black line below v + arrows select lines while moving { / } move up/down code blocks

Movement

e move by end of word forward w move by word forward b move 1 word backward Ctrl+Home top of page Ctrl+End bottom of page $ jump to end of line ^ jump to start of line

Extras

:tf open up file tree in current directory :t open up file tree

Window navigation

ctrl ws create a horizontal split ctrl wv create a vertical split ctrl wq close the current window ctrl ww iterate over the current windows