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Vim Manipulation Cheat Sheet

Action

Key	Result
`v`	select
`y`	copy (yank)
`c`	change
`d`	delete

Scope

Key	Result
`a`	around
`i`	inside

Object

Key	Result
`w`	word
`p`	paragraph
`s`	sentence
`q`	quotes
`b`	brackets
`o`	block
`t`	tag
`i`	indention level
`W`	white space

Examples

Command	Result
`vaq`	select around current word
`yiW`	copy between last and next white space
`ciq`	change inside quotes
`dii`	delete everything at current indention

Extra

Command	Result
`f<char>`	find next character, stop on it
`t<char>`	find next character, stop before it
`F<char>`	find prev character, stop on it
`T<char>`	find prev character, stop before it

Command	Result
`ct"`	change from cursor to next " (leaving ")
`df\|`	delete from cursor to next \| (including \|)

kjvdven commented Sep 15, 2024

Nice, add it to my notes!

And some of mine:

# decrease a number
ctrl + a

# increase a number
ctrl + x

# yank and paste with registers
" + 0 + y
" + 0 + p

# Search and replace complete file
:%s/cat/dog/gc

# Lijn 2 t/m 10
:2,10s/cat/dog/g

# Huidige lijn tot einde
:.,$s/cat/dog/g

# Huidige lijn + 10
:.,+10/cat/dog/g

# Changes the case of current character
~

# Change current line from upper to lower.
guu 

# Change current LINE from lower to upper.
gUU  

# Change to end of current WORD from upper to lower.
guw 

# Invert case to current WORD
g~w

ayoubsousali commented Sep 15, 2024

Nice work on the cheat sheet! I’ve got a post on my Neovim & tmux key maps, along with plugins like Telescope and nvim-tree. Feel free to check it out: Link to the post
Maybe it will help someone.

feketegy commented Sep 17, 2024 •

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@ayoubsousali nice list. I noticed this section, there is a simpler way of doing this: yiw to yank the word then viwp to paste over the second word. v enter select mode iw select inside the word, finally p to put the yanked word.

I have viwp set as a shortcut with <leader>+p

ayoubsousali commented Sep 17, 2024

@feketegy yeah your method is simpler, and i like the +p shortcut it's very handy