Movements

• h: left
• l: right
• k: up

• j: down

• 0 or ^: beginning of line

• $: end of line

• w: next word (first char)

• ge: previous word (last char)
• e: current word (last char) or next word (last char)

• b: current word (first char) or last word (first char)

• f[char]: next occurrence of a character. E.g., fz (next z)

• F[char]: previous occurrence of a character. E.g., fz (previous z)

• *: next occurrence of the word under cursor

• #: previous occurrence of the word under cursor

• %: alternate between opening and closing characters. E.g., ( and ), [ and ], { and }

• gg: go to first line

• 25%: go to the line at 25% of the file
• 50%: go to the line at 50% of the file
• G: go to last line

• 8G: go to line number 8

• {: previous empty line

• }: next empty line

• '': return to the previous position

• Ctrl + g: shows current position

• Ctrl + u: half page up

• Ctrl + d: half page down

• Movement powered

• Commands can be added any number multiplier in front of it
• <>[n][action/movement]

• Examples

  • 3w (next 3 words)
  • 3igo (insert gogogo)
  • dw deletes from cursor to beginning of next word
  • d2e deletes from cursor to the end of next word

• Movement around

• <>aw: for word
• <>ap: for paragraph

• <>a(: for parenthesis

• Movement inside

• <>iw: for word
• <>ip: for paragraph

• <>i(: for parenthesis

• Movement until

• <>t/: until the slash
• <>t.: until the dot

gg + 0 + v + G: selects the whole file