First things first

:help help

Moving around

:help cursor-motions

• hjkl
• 0 $ _
• gg G
• w e b
• f t F T
• :number numberG
• {} ( avoid holding jk )

PRO TIP: ; to jump to next ocurrence

Inserting text

:help inserting

• I i a O o A

Deleting, fixing small fuckups

• x, xp ( AKA "the windows move", swaps to characters very quickly )
• r ( replace one chaacter )

Ever typed widht? try fhxp from the beginning of the line

Line operations

dd J

Select

• v
• V

Text objects

:help text-objects

count + operator + motion

aw iw ap ap i([{t

Operators

• c - change
• d - delete ( when you delete, you copy! )
• y - yank ( copy )

PROTIP: paste over selected text

Repeat

The power of .

Macros ( complex repeats )

• set @q ( fix macro )
• use :normal @q to apply macro line by line

Search

/ n N ? .* ( poor man's fuzzy search )

• search word under cursor

CONFIG TIP: smartcase

Jump jump

:help jumps

• <c-[>
• gf
• g;

Substitute power

:s/foo/bar :s/foo/bar/g :%s/foo/bar/g

:%s/somematch/&Lol :%s/backreferences!/\1,\2

Use custom separators ( useful for URLs )

:%s!https?://www.google.com!http://www.duckduckgo.com!gc

CONFIG TIP: use smartcase BOOK: Mastering regular expressions

Splits/windows

• s
• v
• c
• o
• hjkl

CONFIG TIP: remap hjkl

Command mode PRO tips

• " ( " / )
• navigate without cursors
• open command-line window ( edit commands in normal mode OMG )
• for keystrokes ( useful for macros, you'll see later )

Complete!

• ( complete by word )
• ( complete file path, relative to current directory )
• ( complete a line )
• Use to go up and down