Vim Cheat Sheet - incl. Vimium & NERDTree

This Vim commands cheat sheet also includes commands and shortcuts for Vimium & Nerdtree.

VIM

Command	Explanation
`h`	left
`j`	down
`k`	up
`l`	right
`w`	jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
`W`	jump by words (spaces separate words)
`e`	jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
`E`	jump to end of words (no punctuation)
`b`	jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
`B`	jump backward by words (no punctuation)
`ge`	jump backward to end of words
`0`	(zero) start of line
`^`	first non-blank character of line
`$`	end of line
`-`	line upwards, on the first non blank character
`+`	line downwards, on the first non blank character
`<enter>`	line downwards, on the first non blank character
`gg`	go to first line
`G`	go to last line
`nG`	go to line n
`:n`	go to line n
`)`	forward to the next sentence.
`(`	backward by a sentence.
`{`	a paragraph backwards
`}`	a paragraph forwards
`]]`	a section forwards or to the next {
`[[`	a section backwards or the previous {
`H`	to the top of the screen.
`M`	to the middle of the screen.
`L`	to the bottom of the screen.
`fx`	search line forward for 'x'
`Fx`	search line backward for 'x'
`tx`	search line forward before 'x'
`Tx`	search line backward before 'x'

Command	Explanation
`:marks`	list all the current marks
`ma`	make a bookmark named a at the current cursor position
`a	go to position of bookmark a
`'a`	go to the line with bookmark a
`.	go to the line that you last edited

Command	Explanation
`i`	start insert mode at cursor
`I`	insert at the beginning of the line
`a`	append after the cursor
`A`	append at the end of the line
`o`	open (append) blank line below current line
`O`	open blank line above current line
<Esc>	exit insert mode

Command	Explanation
`r`	replace a single character (does not use insert mode)
`R`	replace characters rather than inserting
`J`	join line below to the current one
`cc`	change (replace) an entire line
`cw`	change (replace) to the end of word
`c$`	change (replace) to the end of line
`s`	delete character at cursor and substitute text
`S`	delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)
`xp`	transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
`u`	undo
CTRL-r	redo
`.`	repeat last command
`~`	switch case
`g~iw`	switch case of current word
`gUiw`	make current word uppercase
`guiw`	make current word lowercase
`gU$`	make uppercase until end of line
`gu$`	make lowercase until end of line
`:%retab`	fix spaces / tabs issues in whole file
`:r [name]`	insert the file [name] below the cursor.
`:r !{cmd}`	execute cmd & insert its standard output below cursor.

Command	Explanation