Vim Cheat Sheet

Motions

Shortcut	Action
0g	Go to beginning of file
G	Go to end of file
^	Go to beginning of line
$	Go to end of line
J	(Visual) - move selection down
K	(Visual) - move selection up
A	Move to end of line and insert
<C-d>	Half page jump down
<C-u>	Half page jump up

Project

Shortcut	Action
<leader>pv	Nav to netrw
<leader>pf	Project find (telescope)
<C-p>	Find files only tracked in git
<leader>ps	Search project files with grep
:e path/to/file.txt	(netrw) - Create file in specified path

External Commands

Shortcut	Action
:!	Type a command after the bang to execute in the shell
:! ls	Execute ls in the current working tree.
:r <file>	Retrieves the specified file and places contents below cursor
:r !ls	Retrieves the output of the external command and places contents below cursor

Workspace

Shortcut	Action
<C-w><C-w>	Jump between windows
<C-w>h	Move split window on the left
<C-w>j	Move split window on the down
<C-w>k	Move split window on the up
<C-w>l	Move split window on the right

Editing

Shortcut	Action
:%s/Search/Replace/CommandFlag	Search and replace all occurances
:s/Search/Replace/CommandFlag	Search and replace current line
o	Insert line below cursor
O	Insert line above cursor
a	Insert text AFTER the cursor
A	Insert text at the end of the line
:e!	Discard current edit buffer and re-read current file
r<char>	Replace under cursor with <char>
R	Enter replace mode. <Esc> to exit
c	Change operator
ce	Change from cursor to end of current word
o<C-r>"	Insert new line and then paste from " register

Fighting One-Eyed Kirby

Example Code Block

use("folke/zen-mode.nvim")
use("github/copilot.vim")

• <shift>V Visual Line
• j motion down for selection
• :s Enter command mode

Regex search/replace

:'<,'>s/use(\(".*"\).*/\1

Result Code Block

"folke/zen-mode.nvim"
"github/copilot.vim"

Explanation

• :s Search and replace
• / Start pattern
• use(\ Search for string literal
• (".*"\) Regex to capture everything and place into capture group 1
• .* Regex to capture everything after the first capture group
• / Substitute section
• \1 Escape and then replace with capture group 1

Spell Check

Shortcut	Action
]s	Move cursor to next misspelled word
[s	Move cursor to previous misspelled word
z=	Open list of spelling suggestions for word under cursor
zg	Add word to dictionary
zw	Mark word as incorrect

LSP

Shortcut	Action
<C-p>	select previous item
<C-n>	select next item
<C-y>	confirm selection
<C-Space>	complete

Harpoon

Shortcut	Action
C-e	Toggle harpoon menu
<leader>a	Add file
C-h	Nav to file 1
C-j	Nav to file 2
C-k	Nav to file 3
C-l	Nav to file 4

Fugitive (Git)

Shortcut	Action
<leader>gs	git status
cc	git commit
ca	git --amend
dd	git diff
q	Close git status
r	Reload git status
<leader>p	git push
<leader>P	git pull --rebase
<leader>t	git push -u origin