Vim Visual Cheat Sheet

:6 # e W % { % M 0 } 'x ^ fi b w
Ctrl-N
gd

Movement/Range
Character H zt h j k l
v V

Mode Commands
ESC C-[

C-v

*
k h j l Ctrl-B

word, WORD(all non-blank ch) w

W

b
B

e Line 0 ^ zz $

next/prev word next/prev WORD end of word/WORD

i R a A y d c x D C p J r > < . u :w :q :e x :n :h :xx

enter normal mode enter visual mode enter visual line mode enter visual block mode enter insert mode enter replace mode append append at end of line yank/copy (range) delete/cut (range) modify (range) delete/cut (character) delete to end of line modify to end of line paste after cursor join lines replace (character) indent indent leftward redo undo

General Commands

begin/end of line

begin (non-blank) of line

Paragraph, Block { } prev/ next paragraph begin/end of block

[{

[{

]}

% matching parenthesis Window, File

scroll to zt top scroll to zz middle to zb scroll bottom prev/next page

EX Commands
save(:wq save and quit) quit(:q! quit anyway) edit file x new window vim help jump to line #xx

]}
mx
Ctrl-W p :split Ctrl-W k

H top of win Ctrl-F M mid of win L btm of win L zb C-B gg mx G 'x C-F

begin/end of file mark/jump to x

Auto-completion [insert mode]

C-N C-X C-F C-P

Ctrl-W j Ctrl-W l

Search

find current word backward/forward

auto-complete next/prev keyword auto-complete file name vertically/horizontally split

Split window
:vsp :di!s
C-W p C-W w

:vsplit :di!split /fooCl

fx
/xxx

to character x to right
to definition of current word

:sp

gd

split and diff to last accessed window to next window

search xxx
next/prev search result

Created by vgod, Dec. 2009