##motions
| motion | description |
|---|---|
| h | count characters left |
| l | count characters right |
| ^ | to the first character of the line |
| $ | to the last character of the line |
| f<char> | to the counth character occurrence to the right F<char> |
| t<char> | to 1 character just before the counth character occurrence to the right |
| T<char> | to 1 character just before the counth character occurrence to the left |
| w | count words to the right |
| W | count words to the left |
| e | forward to the end of a word count |
| b | backward to the end of a word count |
| i<{<"'> | inside something like inside brackets or parenthesis for example |
| trigger | effect |
|---|---|
| c<motion> | change |
| d<motion> | delete |
| y<motion> | yank into register |
| g~<motion> | swap case |
| gu<motion> | make lowercase |
| gU<motion> | make uppercase |
| ><motion> | shift right |
| <<motion> | shift left |
| =<motion> | auto-indent |
| command | description |
|---|---|
| <C-^> or <C-6> | switch to the buffer you just left |
##split windows
| command | description |
|---|---|
| <C-w>s | split file horizontally |
| :sp[lit] <file> |
|
<C-w>v | split file vertically
:vsp[lit] <file>|
|
<C-w>w | cycle between open windows
<C-w>h | focus the window to the left
<C-w>j | focus the window below
<C-w>k | focus the window above
<C-w>l | focus the window to the right
|
:cl[ose] <C-w>c | close the active window
:on[ly] <C-w>o | keep only the active window, closing all others
##spelling
| command | description |
|---|---|
| ]s | Jump to next spelling error |
| [s | Jump to previous spelling error |
| z= | Suggest corrections for current word |
| zg | Add the current word to spell file |
| zw | Remove the current word from spell file |
##miscellaneous
| command | description |
|---|---|
| v | enable characterwise Visual mode |
| V | enable linewise Visual mode |
| <C-v> | enable blockwise Visual mode |
| gv | reselect the last visual selection |
| o | go to other end of highlighted text |
| "+p | paste from system clipboard |
| :0,$d | delete every line in a file |
| <C-a> | increment number |
| <C-x> | decrement number |
##quickfix window
| command | description |
|---|---|
| :copen | Open the quickfix window |
| :ccl | Close it |
| :cw | Open it if there are "errors", close it otherwise (some people prefer this) |
| :cn | Go to the next error in the window |
| :cnf | Go to the first error in the next file |
| :cc<num> | Go to the error by number |
##Addon References
###ctags http://ctags.sourceforge.net/
| command | effect |
|---|---|
| :!ctags -R | jump to first tag that matches word under the cursor |
| <C-]> | Prompt user to select from multiple matches for the word under the cursor. |
| g<C-]> | present a list of choices if there is more than a single tag to jump to |
| <C-t> | like the back button for tag history |
| :tag <keyword> | jump to first tag that matches word under the cursor |
| :tjump <keyword> | Prompt user to select from multiple matches for the word under the cursor. |
| :pop or <C-t> | Prompt user to select from multiple matches for the word under the cursor. |
| :tselect | Prompt user to choose an item from the tag matchlist |
###tcomment https://github.com/tomtom/tcomment_vim
| command | description |
|---|---|
| gc{motion} | Toggle comments (for small comments within one line the &filetype_inline style will be used, if defined) |
| gcc | Toggle comment for the current line |
| gC{motion} | Comment region |
| gCc | Comment the current line |
| <C- _ ><C- _ > | :TComment |
| <C- _ >b | :TCommentBlock |
###vim-rails https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails
| command | description |
|---|---|
| :A | Alternate |
| :R | Related |
| :Rmodel | |
| :Rview | |
| :Rcontroller | |
| :help rails-navigation |
###vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
| command | description |
|---|---|
| cs<current><new> | change old delimeter to new |
| ds | remove delimeters |
| ysiw<delimiter> | wrap current word |
| S<delimiter> | while in visual mode |
| S= | in visual mode, rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |
| S- | in visual mode, rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |
| S# | in visual mode, rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |
| <C-s>= | rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |
| <C-s>- | rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |
| <C-s># | rails ERB tag (requires vim-rails) |