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My Vim commands
A list to track the vim commands I know, in case I start to forget.

Here’s a link to a cheatsheet to learn more.

Visual Mode


  

    

      
Visual
      
v
    
    

      
Visual line
      
V
    
    

      
Visual block
      
<ctrl>-v
    
  


Windows


  

    

      
Explore
      
<ctrl>-6
      
:Ex
    
    

      
Close window
      
<ctrl>-w q
      
:q
    
    

      
Split horizontal
      
<ctrl>-w s
      
:Se
    
    

      
Split vertical
      
<ctrl>-w v
      
:Ve
    
  


Inserting


  

    

      
Insert
      
i
    
    

      
Append
      
a
    
    

      
Insert at start
      
I
    
    

      
Append at end
      
A
    
    

      
Paste text
      
:r! cat -> paste -> <ctrl>-d-d
    
  


Jumplist


  

    

      
View jumplist
      
:ju
    
    

      
Backwards jump
      
<ctrl>-o
    
    

      
Forwards jump
      
<ctrl>-i
    
  


Buffers


  

    

      
List buffers
      
:ls