Vim Reference

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Vim Reference

Category	Command	Action
Movement	gg / G	Top / Bottom of file
Movement	0 / $	Start / End of line
Movement	^	First non-space character of line
Movement	f / F + <char>	Find character forward / backward
Movement	t / T + <char>	Till character forward / backward
Movement	;	Repeat last f or t jump
Movement	gd	Go to Definition (local)
Movement	Ctrl + o	Jump Back to previous location
Editing	i / a	Insert / Append mode
Editing	ciw	Change Word (Delete and enter Insert mode)
Editing	dw	Delete Word
Editing	x	Delete Character
Editing	u / Ctrl + r	Undo / Redo
Editing	.	Repeat last editing action
Editing	>> / <<	Indent / Outdent line
Editing	=%	Auto-Indent current code block
Search	/pattern	Search for text
Search	n / N	Next / Previous search match
Search	*	Search Word under cursor
Search	:noh	Clear Highlights from search
Search	:%s/old/new/g	Global Replace in file
Visual	v / V	Visual / Visual Line selection mode
Visual	Ctrl + v	Visual Block (Useful for multi-line # comments)
Windows	Ctrl + w, w	Cycle through open windows
Windows	Ctrl + w, r	Rotate window positions
Windows	Ctrl + w, <HJKL>	Move Window Left, Bottom, Top, Right
Windows	Ctrl + w, o	Only (Close all windows except current)
Windows	:hid	Hide current window (keeps buffer alive)
Windows	:sp / :vsp	Horizontal / Vertical split
Windows	:res <N>	Resize selected window
Buffers	:ls	List Buffers (Show all open files/terminals)
Buffers	:b <N>	Switch to buffer by number N
Buffers	:sb <N>	Split Buffer (Open buffer N in horizontal split)
Buffers	:vsp <N>	Vertical Split Buffer (Open buffer N vertically)
Buffers	:bd	Delete Buffer (Close file/terminal)
Execution	:!python3 %	Run Script (External shell)
Execution	:term	Terminal (Open internal terminal window)