vi navigation, motion commands overview

created : Mar 17 2009
last updated: Oct 23 2009

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/motion.html

vi commands overview

:e	...	edit
:w	...	write
:q	...	quit, exit
:his	...	history
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:new	...	new window - horizontal split
:vnew	...	new window - vertical split
:sp	...	split window - horizontal split
:vsp	...	split window - vertical split
:clo	...	close window
:only	...	close all windows except the current one
:wall	...	write all windows
:qall	...	close all windows
:wqall	...	write and close all windows
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CTRL-W w	...	jump to next window
CTRL_W h	...	jump to left window
CTRL_W j	...	jump to lower window
CTRL_W k	...	jump to upper window
CTRL_W l	...	jump to right window
CTRL_W t	...	jump to top window
CTRL_W b	...	jump to bottom window
CTRL_W +	...	increase size (height) of a window
CTRL_W -	...	decrease size (height) of a window
CTRL_W H	...	move window to the left
CTRL_W J	...	move window to the bottom
CTRL_W K	...	move window to the top
CTRL_W L	...	move window to the right
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gg	...	move to begin of file
h	...	move left
j	...	move down
k	...	move up
l	...	move right
0	...	move to begin of line
$	...	move to end of line
H	...	move to top of window
M	...	move to middle of window
L	...	move to bottom of window
G	...	move to end of file
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x
dl	...	delete character
diw	...	delete inner word
daw	...	delete a word
dw	...	delete word
diW	...	delete inner WORD
daW	...	delete a WORD
dW	...	delete WORD
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d$	...	delete to end of line
dd	...	delete one line
dis	...	delete inner sentence
das	...	delete a sentence
dib	...	delete inner ( ) block
dab	...	delete a ( ) block
dip	...	delete inner paragraph
dap	...	delete a paragraph
diB	...	delete inner { } block
daB	...	delete a { } block
dG	...	delete to end of file
dgg	...	delete to begin of file
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"a5yy	...	yank 5 lines into named buffer "a"
"ap	...	put contents of buffer "a" after cursor
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u	...	undo
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vimdiff main.c main.c~
:edit main.c	...
:vertical diffsplit main.c~	...	edit in vimdiff mode
zo	...	open fold
zc	...	close fold
]c	...	goto next change
[c	...	goto previous change
:diffupdate	...	update highlighting for diffs
dp	...	diff put
do	...	diff obtain (get)
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