Vim notes

Installation via marketplace

Start with VsCodeVim marketplace extension.

Normal Mode

To return to normal mode:

• esc
• ctrl+c
• ctrl+[

Otherwise, the commands follow a grammar:

<valid action> = <command> <locator> <motion> | <locator> <motion> | <motion> <direction>
                 | <locator> <repeat>? | <search>
<command> = d | c | y | v | > | <
<search> = / <search term> <enter> <searchresult>
<searchresult> = n <searchresult> | N <searchresult> | n | N
<motion> = h | j | k | l
<direction> = $ | _
<locator> = <integer>? f <character> | <integer>? t <character>
           | <integer>? F <character> | <integer>? T <character>
           | <integer>
<repeat> = ; | ,
<character number> = position on the line
<character> = an ascii character

KeyBind	Command
x	delete a character
h	cursor left
j	cursor down
k	cursor up
l	cursor right
w	skip one word forward
b	skip one word backward
d	delete (repeat for single line delete)
<	De-dent line
>	Indent line
c	?
y	yank
p	paste
_	Goes to the beginning of the line
$	Goes to the end of the line
0	Goes to the 0th item of the line
;	Next match
,	Previous match
/	Initiate search
n	Next search match
N	Previous search match
f + <character>	find forward from cursor on to next
t + <character>	find forward from cursor next to to next
F + <character>	find backward from cursor on to next
T + <character>	find backward from cursor next to to next

Motion

           ↑
           k         Hint: The h key is at the left and moves left.
       ← h   l →           The l key is at the right and moves right.
           j               The j key looks like a down arrow.
           ↓

Insert Mode

i to enter the mode before the cursor. a to enter the mode after the cursor. O to enter the mode on a new line before the cursor. o to enter the mode on a new line after the cursor.

Visual Mode

v to enter the mode. shift + v to enter an enforced multiline select. (visual line mode)

Command Mode

:

:q to quit a window with focus

OR In command mode (:) ctrl-p for previous ctrl-n for next commandvim

ctrl-o to jump the cursor back to previous position`

Find

• /
• search term
• enter
• n for next occurence
• N for previous occurence

Tags

A tag is an identifier that appears in a tags file. A tags file must be generated before it can be used, but once one exists, it'll keep track of stuff in a file. For instance in C function names will be tags. You will be able to advance between tags with ctrl-t for previous tag.