[VIM] Cheat sheet

VIM QUICK REFERENCE CARD

Basic movement
h l k j	character left, right; line up, down
b w	word/token left, right
ge e	end of word/token left, right
{  }	beginning of previous, next paragraph
( )	beginning of previous, next sentence
0 gm	beginning, middle of line
^  $	first, last character of line
nG ngg	line n, default the last, first
n%	percentage n of the file (n must be provided)
n|	column n of current line
%	match of next brace, bracket, comment, #define
nH nL	line n from start, bottom of window
M	middle line of window

vi/vim cheat sheet

Cursor movement

• h – move left
• j – move down
• k – move up
• l – move right
• w – jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
• W – jump by words (spaces separate words)
• e – jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
• E – jump to end of words (no punctuation)
• b – jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
• B – jump backward by words (no punctuation)
• 0 – (zero) start of line
• ^ – first non-blank character of line
• $ – end of line
• G – Go To command (prefix with number – 5G goes to line 5)

Note: Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines.