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• NeoVim Cheat Sheet
  Last edited: 2024-03-08

  Every NeoVim set up is personal, I am using my website it document how I have it set up - not universally true. :)

  # Basics

  • Normal mode: Esc
  • Beginners guide: :Tutor
  • Edit setup: :e $MYVIMRC
  • Quit: :q! or :wq (with save)
  • Delete letter: x
  • Insert text: i / a
  • Delete text: d motion
    • Everything deleted goes into a buffer for put.
  • Delete whole line: dd
  • Undo: u
  • Undo all changes to one line: U
  • Put: p/P (after/before)
  • replace: r/R (R is for multiple characters)
  • Change: c motion (deletes and puts you in edit mode)
  • Move to line number: number G (defaults to end of file)
  • Move to start of file: gg
  • Search: / search word (n/N to go through options)
  • Back: C-o
  • Forward: C-i
  • Switch to match parenthesis: %
  • Replace: :s/old/new/g
  • Replace between line number n,m : :n,ms/old/new/g
  • Replace in whole file: :%s/old/new/g(c) (c allows you to decide)
  • External commands: :!
  • Save as: :w
  • Visual selector: v
  • Retrieve: :r
  • Open/insert new line: o/O (below/above)
  • Copy: y motion (use in visual mode too)
  • Set an option: :set
  • Edit different file: :e

  # Motions

  • Start of the next word: w
  • End of current word: e
  • End of line: $
  • Start of line: 0
  • Use numbers to do it multiple times.

  # Lazy

  • Directory tree: leader e
    • Help: ?
    • New file: a
  • Search in files: leader s g
  • Switch colour scheme: leader u C
  • Search key maps: leader s k
  • Search and replace: leader s r
    • accept: leader s r
    • reject: dd
    • accept all: leader R
  • Lazygit: leader gg