31 Shortcuts for vi

Jump to: Cursor Navigation (if your arrow keys dont work on that old Sun box....), Fast Search, Command Mode, From Normal to Edit Mode, Clipboard

1. Cursor Navigation (if your arrow keys dont work on that old Sun box....)

J

Next line

K

Previous line

H

Left

L

Right

Shift+G

Bottom of document

GG

Top of document

2. Fast Search

/

Search Term

N

Next

Shift+N

Previous

3. Command Mode

:

enter command mode

:w

write

:q

quit

:q!

quit without saving

:wq

Write and quit

ZZ

Write and quit

:e <filename>

open <filename>

Esc

escape command mode

u

undo last command

4. From Normal to Edit Mode

I

Insert at current position

I

Insert at start of line

A

Append to end of line

O

Insert Line Below

O

Insert Line Above

S

Delete character at current position and insert

S

Delete the current line and insert

5. Clipboard

dw

delete word

dd

delete line

P

put after cursor

P

put before cursor

yw

copy word

yy

copy line

Created by terryrankine on 7/11/2012. Last updated by admin on 11/29/2020

 

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Comment #5 by Andy Jan 9, 2019 at 11:10 am  Reply

N Previous should be: Shift + N Previous

Comment #4 by Wesley Steinbrink Jan 31, 2017 at 10:54 pm  Reply

In addition to Emacs with Evil mode, there is Spacemacs: http://alejandroerickson.com/j/2016/06/11/emacs-to-evil-to-spacemacs-a-journey.html It appears to be a better Emacs with Vim combination

Comment #3 by Anonymous Mar 30, 2016 at 09:50 am  Reply

Kindly check your VI commands

Comment #2 by Wesley Steinbrink Jul 5, 2015 at 08:09 pm  Reply

New link for the Derek Wyatt Vim Tutorials: http://derekwyatt.org/vim/tutorials/index.html

Comment #1 by Wesley Steinbrink Nov 20, 2013 at 03:07 pm  Reply

vi is actually combinations of single letter shortcuts in the normal mode.
Your vi shortcuts need to mention going from insert mode to normal mode (Using Esc or Ctrl-[):
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoid_the_escape_key
Some good links are
http://zzapper.co.uk/vimtips.html
(note the link to more vi books)
and
the graphical cheat sheet:
http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html
and
http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/
and for using as a plugin for emacs (scalpal on top of swiss army knife)
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil

Reply #1 Wesley Steinbrink Nov 20, 2013 at 03:24 pm

Note also - most of the letters for control in normal mode coordinate with the first letter of English words for character manipulation.

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