git clone https://github.com/matkalis/.vim.git
:PlugInstall (on first vim run)
cd ~/project/directory
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc.php .vimrc
Special (non default bindings)
(insert) jj - same as ESC
<Space> - easymotion jump
<F2> - open Netrw
<C-p> - start :find xxx command, fuzzy find part of filename
<C-f> - list & jump open buffers with wildmenu
Help
:h - open help
<C-]> - go to tag file in help
<C-t> - go back in help
K - show helper dialog for function / variable under the cursor
Wildmenu
(wildmenu) - when wildmenu opens use <Tab> and <S-Tab> to choose
(wildmenu) <Down> - use it to drill down through directories
Autocomplete
(insert) <C-n> - open autocomplete box, then press again to next suggestion
<C-p> - autocomplete box, previous suggestion
<C-e> - autocomplete box, exit smoothly
(insert) <C-x><C-f> - try to autocomplete a file path
(insert) <C-x><C-l> - try to autocomplete a whole line
(insert) <C-y> - copy a character from the line above to current line
(insert) <C-e> - copy a character from the line below to current line
Buffers (open files)
<C-6> - jump between last two buffers
:bd - delete (close) current buffer
:bw - wipe (remove completly) current buffer
]b - next buffer
[b - prev buffer
Argument List
:arg - show argument list
:arga vimrc - add file to argument list, use <Tab> to autofill
:argd vimrc - delete file from argument list
:fir - go to first file in argument list
:next - go to next file in argument list
:prev - go to prev file in argument list
Netrw (inside)
<CR> - open directory / file
:bd - close file exprorer
gn - make directory under cursor top of tree
% - create new file
d - create new directory
D - delete file/directory under cursor (remember to delete buffer later)
R - rename or move file under cursor
:%w path-from-pwd/file.new - copy/write entire file to new filepath
Sensible
<C-l> - clear highlighted search results
Surround
ysiw] - you surround around inside of word
ysiw[ - you [ surround ] around inside of word
ysiw<p> - you <p>surround</p> around inside of word
yss[ - you surround whole sentence with [
b ) - bracket
B } - brace bracket
r ] - rectangular
a > - a sign
(visual) S( - surround with (
cs[' - change surrounding from [ to '
cs[<p> - change surroundig from [ to <p></p>
cst<b> - change surrounding item from tag <p></p> to <b></b>
dst - delete surrounding <tag>
ds[ - delete surrounding [
Unimpaired
[<Space> - new line over (can add count before)
]<Space> - new line under
[e - move line up
]e - move line down
Commentary
gcc - comment out current line
Targets
those targets work on pairs of ( { [ < t ' " `
ci( - change inside of pair, if cursor outside, change in next inside of pair
cI( - change inside pair preserving whitespace ( test )
cin( - change inside next pair of () (test) (test)
cil( - change inside last pair of () (test) (test)
ca( - change all pair, if cursor outside, change next all pair
can( - change all pair, that is next
cal( - change all pair, that is previous
'test' `test` "test"
cia - change inside argument
cIa - change inside argument preserving whitespace
cina - change inside next argument
cila - change inside last argument
cgn - change last found search
daa - delete all argument with comma and whitespace around
vi(p - replace (select first) string in paranteses with paste from buffer
(test, test, test)
Movement
w - move forward one word
3w - move forward three words
b - move backword one word
e - move to end of the next word
ge - move to end of previous word
W - move forward one WORD (sequence of characters)
B - backword one WORD (sequence of characters)
0 - move to the beginning of the line
$ - move to the end of the line
^ - move to first non whitespace character
{ or } - jump to the prev/next paragraph
( or ) - jump to the prev/next sentence
% or <S-5> - jump between matching brackets or tags (when inside brackets, jump to first bracket)
gg - jump to top of file
G - jump to bottom of file
32G - jump to line 32
<C-o> - jump back to where cursor has been
<C-i> - jump forward to where the cursor has been
g; - jump back to where last change occured
g, - jump forward to where last change occured
gk - move up a display line
gj - move down a display line
g0 - move to start of display line
g$ - move to end of display line
Screen Movement
zz - scroll current line on screen middle
vat o - select a HTML tag, then jump to matching opening / closing tag
Inserts
I - inserts text at the start of the line (first nonspace char)
A - append at the end of the line
o - new line and edit
O - new line above and edit
ea - append at the end of current word
gi - insert text at last insert location
Deletion
d$ - D - delete everything to the end of the line
d2w - delete-two-words, operator-count-motion
daw - delete a word, does not matter where cursor is, on whitespace deletes next word
dd - delete a whole line
0D - delete content of a line
di( - delete inside paranteses (test) {test} <test> 'test' "test"
da( - delete a parantese (with all inside) {test} <test> 'test' "test"
df, - delete forward to comma and comma (test, test)
dt, - delete til comma but not comma (test, test)
dap - delete a paragraph (lines not seperated by empty line)
dit - delete everything between a html tag (<a>test</a>)
dat - delete a html tag and everything inside (<a>test</a>)
<C-w> - delete last word in insert mode
Change
4s - change next 4 characters
cw - change word
3cw - change three words
cc - change a line
cit - change between curren html tags (<a>test</a>)
C - change from cursor to end of line
s - change letter
S - change from beginning of a line
(visual) ~ - change selection case between lowercase and uppercase
(visual) u - change selection case to lowercase
(visual) U - change selection case to uppercase
Replace
r - replace one char
R - replace mode, typeover
<backspace> - restore original character from before typeover
xp - swap characters, one under cursor with next one
Yank/Put (Copy/Paste)
yy - yank line (copy)
yw - yank a word
ygn - yank matched pattern after search
p - paste after (paste above on line)
P - paste before (paste above on line)
"+y - yank selection to system clipboard
"+p - paste text from system clipboard
vi(p - paste inside of parantesis
xp - make char under cursor switch places with the one forward
(visual) p - paste and replace selected text
(insert) <C-r>0 - paste from 0 register (last yank) inside insert mode
gp - paste after and place cursor after inserted text
gP - paste before and place cursor after inserted text
Registers
"ayy - yank text to register a
"ap - paste from register a
"Ayy - yank text to !append! register A
"Ap - paste text from !append! register A
"0p - paste from yank register (last yanked line)
:reg - show all registers
:reg a - show "a" register
": - last vim command line command
". - last inserted text
@: - execute last command (normal mode)
Join
J - join two lines
Line Search
fx - move forward to top of first 'x' on line
3fx - move forward to top of third 'x' on line
; - repeat last move
, - repeat last move backwords
tx - move forward till first 'x' on line (stop one char before)
Fx - move backward to top of first 'x' on line
Tx - move backward till first 'x' on line (stop one char before)
Search
/something - search for "something" string
/something/e - search for "something" string place cursor at the end of match
//e - repeat last normal search, but place cursor at the end of match
n - cursor to next match
N - cursor to previous match
?something - search upwards for "something" string
* - find next word that is same as word on cursor (fast search)
# - find prev word that is same as word on cursor (fast search)
/<Up> or /<Down> - scroll through search history
gn - visually select next selection
Undo/Repeat
u - undo
U - undo all changes on this line
<C-r> - redo
Visual
v - enter/exit visual mode
V - toggle visual line mode
o - toggle cursor position (visual mode)
= - automatically repair/filter indent on selection
gv - reselect last visual selection
Visual Block
<C-v> - toggle visual block mode, you can select line downwards
$ - select to the end of every line
r - replace a character on every selected character
c - change text on every selected line
A - add text at the ends of selection
I - add text at the beginnings of selection
Indent
<< - indent line one tab to left
>> - indent line one tab to right
>3> - indent 3 lines in the same time
< or > - (in visual-line)
Split window
<C-w>v - new vertical split
<C-w>s - new horizontal split (use <Tab> to find file)
<C-w>w - cycle bettween two splits
<C-w>l - jump to split on right (works with l, h, j, k)
<C-w>c - close split
Other
. - repets your last command, user it on the same line or another one.
<C-[> - same as esc key (useful when escaping from command line or multiple cursors)
gf - jump to filename under cursor
Folding
zo - open fold
zc - close fold
Marks
ma - set mark "a" on cursor position
`a - jump to cursor position marked with "a"
mA - set global "A" mark on cursor position (persisted between sessions)
`A - jump to global cursor position (in other buffer) marked with "A"
`. - jump to cursor position where last change occured
`` - jump back to cursor position in current buffer where jumped from
Macros
qa - begin recording of macro to register "a"
(recording) q - stop recording
qA - begin recording of macro by appending to register "a"
@a - execute macro from register a
@@ - execute most recent macro
4@a - execute macro a four time (when a motion fails, macro execution will stop)
:'<,'>norm @a - repeat macro starting at start of a line on lines in range
:put a - adds line with macro from register q
(visual) "ay - after editing and selecting macros characters it can be yanked back to register
Tab (Layout) Pages
:tabe {filename} - open file in a new tab
gt - move to next tab
gT - move to prev tab
1gt - move to first tab etc.
Range Symbols in Ex mode
:1,3 - range between row 1 to row 3
. - line where cursor is placed
'm - line containing mark m
$ - last line of file
% - entire file, shortcut for :1,$, no need for ,
'< - start of visual selection
'> - end of visual selection
:.-3,.+3 - simple aritmethics works, current line +-3 lines
/pattern/ - specify range by pattern
Ex mode commands
:1,3p - print lines in range
:1,3s/Foo/Bar/g - substitute Foo for Bar on every line (g - replace all words in every line)
:1,3t. - copy range TO line 3 below current line
:1,3m. - move range to line 3 below current line
:1,3norm A; - appends ; to the end of every line (norm runs a normal command)
:1,3norm i// - prepends // to every line
:1,3norm . - repeat last line (dot) operation on lines in range
(visual selected) : - press to get :'<,'>
Search Patterns
(search) \c - Ignore case sensivity in search pattern
(search) \C - Force case sensivity to search pattern
(search) \v - Mode where every special character must be escaped besides underscore, letters and digits
(search) \V - Mode where only backslash have a special meaning
/\v\:[0-9a-zA-z]{3} - Search string starting with :, that has digits or letters in it with length 3
/\v<the> - Search a word "the" do not include f.ex. "these"
/\vSea\zsrch - \zs helps to find/highlight every "rch" in every "Search" words
/\vSea\zerch - \ze helps to find/highlight every "Sea" in every "Search" words
Substitute
:5,12s/Foo/Bar/g - replace all Foo with Bar between lines 5 and 12 (g - replace all words in every line)
:%s/Foo/Bar/gc - substitute Foo for Bar in open buffer (c - ask for confirmation for every replace)
:%s/<C-r>0/Bar/gc - substitute last yank with Bar in open buffer
& - repeat last substitution on current line
(visual) & - repeat substitution on chosen lines
g& - repeat substitution on open buffer
:'<,'>&& - repeat substitution on visual selection
Global Commands (Grep)
:g/Re/p - print all lines containing "Re"
:g/Re/d - delete all lines containing "Re"
:g//p - print all lines with results of last search
:v/Re/p - global in(v)ert, print all lines not containing "Re"
Command-line window
q: - command-line window, edit ex-command history
q/ - command-line window, edit search history
<CR> - command-line window, execute command / search
General Commands
:! - execute a command in command line
:sh - fork new shell in pwd (you can $exit from it)
:w !sudo tee % - write readonly file with sudo, (press l to load back file),
write to stdout, tee (unix T-pipe) it from :w to % (path of current buffer)
:so $MYVIMRC - reload config without exiting vim
:set syntax=javascript - force usage of this syntax on open file
:<Up> or :<Down> - scroll through command history
:pwd - print working directory