Moving around a line
Words
w
W
Next word (lowercase is A-z, uppercase is !whitespace)
b
B
Previous word
e
E
End of word
Lines
^
move to start of line (no whitespace)
0
move to start of line
$
move to end of line
Inserting
I
Start of line then insert
A
End of line then insert
o
New line then insert
O
New line above then insert
Moving around a file
{
Move to start of previous paragraph or code block.
}
Move to end of next paragraph or code block.
Ctrl+F
Page Down
Ctrl+B
Page Up
gg
Beginning of file
G
End of file
Searching
/
search
*
or #
Search for word under cursor
n
find Next
N
find previous
:noh
clear last search highlight
f<char>
Move forward over the next occurrence of the character.
t<char>
Move forward until the next occurrence of the character.
F<char>
Move backward over the previous occurrence of the character.
T<char>
Move backward until the previous occurrence of the character.
Other
Ctrl+[
Esc
:e
reload file
m
a
NERDTree new file
Basics
h
j
k
l
Move
i
insert
r<char>
replace character under cursor
dd
delete line
x
delete character
y
yank (copy)
yy
yank current line
p
paste
P
paste above
v
select
V
select line
Splits
Ctrl+w
direction
move split
Ctrl+=
Relayout splits evenly
o
(NERDTree) open file in last split
s
(NERDTree) open file in new vsplit