• dw, de, d$ (delete from cursor to the eol), dd (full line), 2dd (d = delete)
  • w, e, 0, 2w, 3e (navigate)
  • u, U (undo things in the whole line)
  • cltr R - undo the undos
  • p = put (dd (remove whole line)+ p (put it below the cursor))
  • r{x} - remove (r) one character on cursor and replace it with {x}

  • ce = snaps from the cursor to the end of the word and puts in insert mode (c for change)

  • cltr g -> info about file + position + % of completion
  • G -> bottom of the file
  • gg -> top of the file

  • number of line + G -> Goto line

  • / -> search below cursor
  • ? -> search above cursor
  • n -> next search
  • N -> previous search

  • % - matches brackets once cursor on a bracket

  • :s/old/new/g -> substitute old with new ; g means substitute occurrences in the whole line
  • :#, #s/old/new/g -> # and # are the range of line numbers where substitution has to happen
  • :%s/old/new/g -> to change the occurences in the whole file

  • :%s/old/new/gc -> same as above, except it prompts whether to sub or not

  • :!{external command}

  • :w TEST saves the entire buffer in TEST file — sorta like ‘save as’

  • v - start selection
  • : - get to the bottom of the editor to start a command

  • w TEST - write the files selected with ‘v’ into a file called TEST

  • :r pick contents of the file and put it in the current file / buffer

  • :r - same behavior as above

  • o -> open a line in insert mode below the curos
  • O -> same as above, but opens above the cursor
  • a -> to start appending text before the next character that is after the cursor.

  • A -> at the end of the file insert

  • R (replace mode)-> Over write already written characters (kinda thing that I hate when it happens by accidentally inciting weird keyboard shortcuts in GUI editors)

  • v motion ; y (copy) ; p (put/paste)

  • :{any_char} (cltr + d) -> tab completion of possible commands