⌨️ Common VIM Usage

This repository is a list of the most commonly used VIM motions and commands that I use in my day to day coding. There are other resources that cover this a lot better. This one serves more as a memory jogger for when my hands fail to remember the pattern.

Quick Reference

• ct' - Cut to the ' then enter insert mode
• yt' - Yank to the ' and remain in normal mode
• :%y - yank all contents of file to the register
• dat - Delete around tags. Deletes contents of an html tag including the tag that the cursor is on
• dit - Delete the contents of a tags that that the cursor is on
• %y+ - Yank to he clipboard instead of the vim register
• dw - Delete word
• dvb - Delete word going backwards

Commands

• :h rtp - view neovim's folder location
• :Ex - file explorer

Substitutions

• :%s/;.*/helloworld - Substitute the ; and everything after it .* with helloworld.
• :%s/replacethis\(.*\)/replacethis\1\r"Month":\1/g - Example for substitution using capture groups

File Navigation

• cd directory - Changes directory to specified
• :Ex - enter explore mode
  • % - to enter a new file
  • d - to make a new directory

Commenting a block of code

• Position cursor to the first line you wish to comment,
• SHIFT - V to enter visual block mode
• j of k to select the lines
• SHIFT - i to enter insert mode
• type your comment, eg. //
• ESC to complete the comment

Sessions

• :mksession! ~/today.ses - Saves a new session
• vim -S ~/today.ses - Loads the saved session

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!