My current Vim mnemonic sheet
When I want to adopt a new key pattern, I add it to the top of this list. I leave old ones sink at the bottom of the list.
:<Crtl-f> # display history of commands ran in command line mode
gi # move cursor to the last edit
'm # move cursor to mark
mm # set mark
:marks # list all marks
gqip # justify paragraph, requires par, see https://yctct.com/vim-justify
zz # redraw (replace) line where the cursor is placed in the middle of the screen (from the bottom)
vaty # yank text in between block with tags
vat # select text in between block with tags
vaby # yank text in between parantheses
vab # select text in between parantheses
<Ctrl-k>{char1}{char2} # diagraph e.g. è is <Ctrl-k>e! ; ē is <Ctrl-k>e-
g0 # move cursor to the first non-blank character of a display line
!sed -i -e '1i*[text]*' *[file]* # insert on the top line of a file while editing a file in vim
\c # ignorecase e.g. /live\c returns live Live LIVE
dawbP # swap the word with the previous one
dawwP # swap the current word with the next
<Ctrl-p> # suggest autocomplete for word from position of cursor
gul # switch to small cap size letter
/\<keyword\> # search for matching keyword
~~:goyo x[number] or :goyo x[percentage] e.g. :goyo x35 or :goyo x90% # adjust height of display~~ I stopped using pluggins
f, t # remember the difference between f and t, f moves on the target, t moves before the target
ZM # close all folds
F # move the cursor backwards on target
g^ # move the cursor to the first non-blank character of a screen line
g_ # move the cursor to the last non-blank character of a screen line
gm # move the cursor half a screenwidth to the right
:setlocal spell spelllang=en
:%s/Search-Word/Replace-Word/gc # substitute and replace the whole page with validation
C = c$ # delete to the end of the line and Insert
D = d$ # delete to the end of the line
d0 # delete from the position of the cursor to the beginning of the line
S # delete sentence where the cursor is located and prompt insert at the beginning of the line
Gp # move and paste selection at the end of the file
select w/ mouse then "*y copy from vim to system clipboard
shift+insert # paste from system clipboard to vim
shift+^+insert # copy to system clipboard
gea # append at the end of previous word # deprecated with vim-markdown
zc # close one fold
- # move the cursor one line up to the first non-blank character
zo # open one fold under the cursor
:bd # close (delete) current buffer; ! if file was updated
:w !pandoc --lua-filter=wordcount.lua # display word count of current file in the buffer
:'<,'> w !wc -w # display word count for visual section
dei # delete to end of the word and Insert
:spellr[epeat] # repeat the last correction (z={number} or 1z=) on all identical words
<C-r>" or <C-r>{register} # paste from register or system clipboard in Insert mode
zR # open all folds
ZZ # same as :wq
J # remove empty line below the line where the cursor is positioned; or if there is text on the following line: append the line below to the line where the cursor is positioned
$ vi <Crtl-o-o> # open vim, open the last edited file, and move the cursor where it was last position when vim was close last
:set hls # highlight search query
:set incsearch # select matches as the search query is being type (I added this one to .vimrc)
<Crtl-x><Crtl-k> # autocomplete a word based on dictionary (need :set spell to be on)
<Crtl-n> or <Crtl-p> # autocomplete a word based on word in the buffer or next best guess?
!echo "*[text]*" >> *[file]* # append a file while editing a file in vim
G # move the cursor to the end of the file
gg # move the cursor to the top of the file
]s # move to the next misspelled word
]s # move to the previous misspelled word
zg # add word under the cursor to dictionary
:set nu # display line numbers
:set nonu # remove line numbers
daw # delete a word plus trailing space
diw # delete a word and switch to Insert mode
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