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VIM Cheat Sheet

Split

<ctrl-w>s or :sp or :split split with line running horizontally
<ctrl-w>v or :vsp or :vsplit split with line running verticall
<ctrl-w>arrow move to pane
<ctrl-w>c close split
<ctrl-w>o close all other splits
:q close tab
:tab split move split to new tab

Buffers

:b[num] use buffer [num]
:bn next buffer
:[num]bd unload buffer [num]

Tabs

gt go to next tab
gT go to next tab
[num]gt go to tab [num]
:tabnew open new tab
:tabc close tab
:tabe edit file in new tab

Auto Complete

<ctrl-x><ctrl-o> omni completion
<ctrl-y>, emmet
<ctrl-]> abbreviations
<ctrl-n> word completion

<ctrl-f> page down
<ctrl-b> page up
<ctrl-d> half page down
<ctrl-u> half page up
H move to top of screen
M move to middle of screen
L move to bottom of screen

Editing

dw delete forward to end of word
db delete backward to beginning of word
D delete to end of line
d^ delete to beginning of line
dvb delete backward to beginning of word including current char
x delete current char
X delete previous char
:%s/wordtochange/changedvalue/gc search/replace

Copying

"+y copys visual selection to clipboard
yy copys entire line
[num]yy yank [num] lines
yb yank previous word
yw yank next word

Formatting

= auto indent selection/line
gg=G auto indent entire buffer
J join current line with next line

Comments

\c<space> - Nerdcommentor
<ctrl-v> then select block. Then <shift-i> to enter insert. Enter text and hit Esc

Selection

v visual character
V visual line
<ctrl-v> visual block
<option-click> visual block, highlight from start to click point

Commands

:%s/\s\+$//e trim ending whitespace
:%retab! convert spaces to tabs
NERDTree open up nerd tree file explorer

NERDTree

r refresh tree