Vim 7.

3+
:version

Revision 2.0
Sept. 11, 2011

Normal

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Ctrl `

~ toggle case
` goto mark

13

Ctrl 5

extern filter

play
macro

prev
identifier

goto
match

Shift

block select ^w window

ex mode

WORD

record
macro

word

incr. #

10

scroll line
end
WORD
end
word

subst line

del

a append

subst char

del

7,11

decr. #

quit

extra

4
5

4
12

Search :set incsearch ignorecase smartcase hlsearch

0
2

Ctrl ^

5
:redo

10

scroll line

T until char Y

copy line

replace
char

copy

until char

page

file/cursor info

F find char G

goto eof /
goto line#

find char

Normal / Cancel

block select

select
lines
select
chars

del char

change

del char

change

0
2

extra

page

Ctrl 7

Ctrl 8

Ctrl 9

Ctrl 0

repeat :s

next
identifier

begin
sentence

end
sentence

Replace

&

soft

6
ctags return

0
2

I insert O open P

undo

paste

15

Join lines

word

15

Ctrl M

Op
Cmd
Ins
Move
Find
tag
Code
Extra

Modes
n
i
v
o
c
word

open

redraw
Bottom
screen

cmd line

"next"
f/F/t/T

Ctrl ,

Middle
screen

<

undent

set mark

"prev"
f/F/t/T

16

>
.

indent
repeat
cmd

Ctrl /
2

find

find

Ctrl =

autoformat

Normal

paragraph

paragraph

misc.

misc.

ctags identifier

Ctrl '

16

cur line

Ctrl ;

Ctrl .
2

Ctrl J

Ctrl _

undo line

Top screen

WORD

insert

:map <F6> :so $HOME/_vimrc<CR>

hard

paste

0
prev mark

man page
identifier

"prev"
find
find
"next"

Ctrl I

Ctrl \
0

"

register

'

goto mark

goto col#

Unused & Duplicate keys

\ Ctrl-K Ctrl-S (free)
Ctrl-L (redraw)
13 ` near dup of '
14 Ctrl-Q = Ctrl-V
15 Ctrl-J = Ctrl-M = ^N

16 The search direction is relative; next is the initial direction, previous is the opposite direction. n ; repeat same initial direction find. N , repeat opposite initial direction find. Note: ; , only searches cursor line, n N searches buffer.

:help cmdline :r file insert file

:help tags
:w save
:gui
switch to GUI :ts
list active tags
:q quit
:q!
quit w/o save ^]
jump to tag under cursor
:e <file> edit file
^t
restore cursor before tag jump
:source % exec cmds in cur file
^p
complete word
:exec '...' do cmd
:ta Foo manual jump to tag 'Foo'
:help movement
soft ^ Start of Line 1st non-whitespace
:help diff
:hi DiffAdd
guifg=#rrggbb
hard
0 Start of Line column 0
[c prev diff
:hi DiffChange guibg=#rrggbb
$ End of Line
]c next diff
:help modes
| move col 0
#| move col #
:diffupdate :hi DiffText gui=none
^b page
^f page
:hi DiffDelete
Esc ^[ ^c
Normal
resync
^u page
^d page
a i r s
Insert
^e scroll line
^y scroll line
v V ^v ^q
Visual
:help folding
:help changes
1g start of file
0g end of file
zR fold remove
:changes
c d y < >
Op pending
#g goto line #
G end of file
zo fold open
g; older change
Command Line : / ? !
Foo ( src , dst , len );
[[ begin this func {
zc fold close
g, newer change
]] begin next func {
zi invert all
Note: There is no whitespace in-between 'Foo(src,' but before/after 'dst,'
zr fold reduce
Foo ( src , dst , len );
:help syntax
WORD
:set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>,?:\:
% goto matching { } < > [ ]
zm fold more
:syntax enable
Startup
vim <filename> +123
:set filetype=
goto line 123
:help range
vim <file> -t Foo
:s/Foo/Bar
edit at tag 'Foo'
find Foo replace w/ Bar :help recording
c cpp sh make perl python
Note: chose only ONE type!
vim <file> -c "/Foo" cmd: find 'Foo' & edit :s/Foo/Bar/g ...all instances on line
q start recording
GUI vim -g
gvim
:%s/Foo/Bar
@ playback
or
start GUI ver.
apply to whole file
convert <eol>
.,.+# cur line, cur line + # lines
GUI Linux
:set guifont=ProggyTinyTT\ 12
q stop recording :set fileformat=
GUI OSX
:set guifont=ProggyTiny\:h11
$ last line
'< start of select
@@ repeat
unix or dos or mac
'> end of select
diff gvimdiff <file1> <file2> [<file3>]
then :w to convert
bug
:set tabstop=#
Broken Keys Ctrl-I = Tab, Ctrl-[ = ESC
set tab stop every #th col
Code = < > << >>
:set backspace=indent,eol,start
:set expandtab!
Vim is still unable to map certain keys for your own use
toggle hard/soft tabs
Caps, Ctrl-1, Ctrl-Shift-1, Ctrl-I, Ctrl-\, etc.

allow backspace join lines :set listchars= tab:>-:trail:-,nbsp:%,eol:$

:set shiftwidth=# indent width for ai :set list!
0 See: src/ops.c -c "/valid_yank_reg" for " reg. names
toggle whitespace
:set autoindent! toggle auto-indent :set colorcolumn=80 visible right margin indicator
6 See: src/normal.c -c "/nv_cmds" for g extra cmds
:set lisp
11 See: src/edit.c -c "/ctrl_x_msgs" for ^x insert cmds
lisp indent mode noremap + :s/^/\/\//<CR> block comment
Macro

(
8

8
half page

Ctrl H

9,16

Remove useless splash screen :set shortmess+=I

:map <F9> :e $HOME/_vimrc<CR>

half page

A append

:suspend

$
3

Ctrl ^

Legend:

Ctrl 4

Caps

Ctrl 3

1
14

Tab

Ctrl @

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Ctrl 1

Copyleft 2011

Vim Cheat Sheet for Programmers

Esc

Register name (0-9a-zA-Z) required

Motion req.; act between cursor & dst
Command
Command and enter insert mode
Moves cursor or defines range for op
Search ( = reverse, = forward)
ctags / diffs / folding
Code formatting, whitespace, etc.
Extended functionality; req. extra chars
Char arg req. g z Z ^w ' " `

\ :map \ :Explore<CR> manually type <,C,R,>

0 " before del/copy/paste to use register
"+x
cut to system clipboard reg. '+'
"+gP paste from system clipboard
1 Number before any action repeats it
2p
3. repeat thrice
paste twice
2 Repeat op to act on current line
yy
dd del line
copy line
<<
>> indent line
undent line
3 #
highlight words under cursor
ZQ quit w/o save
4 ZZ
save & quit
5 zz
center cursor line in window
zh
zl scroll right
scroll left
zt
zb scroll bottom
scroll top
6 gg
top of file
gf
open file under cursor
7 ^a
incr # under cursor (Dec / Hex)
^x
decr # under cursor (Dec / Hex)
8 *
start a "new" search
Insert mode
9 ^p prev auto-complete ^n next
^t
10 ^d
undent
indent
11 ^x ^f filename completion
^s spelling
:set spell!
^k dictionary
]s
next bad
^t thesaurus
:help spell
12 ^r
paste register 0-9a-zA-Z or
+ clipboard (or '*') :help c_CTRL-R
" last del/copy
% filename
:set numbers!
toggle line numbers
:set wrap!
toggle linewrap display
:set showmatch
highlite matching ()
noremap - :s/^\/\///<CR> uncomment

:buffer #
:buffers list
:new blank file/buffer
:bn next file
:bp prev file
:bd close file
:bd! force close
:set lines=#
:set columns=#
:winpos # #
GUI

Windows
:help windows
^w or :wincmd
w!
c!
n!
s!
v!
o!
=!
h!
j!
k!
l!
!
:sp

:switch to next
:close!
:new
:split horz.
horz.
:vsplit vertical
:only maximize
all same size
move to win
move to win
move to win
move to win
[<filename>]

edit in split window

Cursor Bookmarks
:marks
` ' ^o
ma mark local 'a'
'A goto global 'A'
'' prev location

File / Directory
:Explore or :e .
:set browsedir=
one of buffer last