quick reference guide :help quickref
| tag | subject | tag | subject |
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| Q_ct | list of help files | Q_re | Repeating commands |
| Q_lr | motion: Left-right | Q_km | Key mapping |
| Q_ud | motion: Up-down | Q_ab | Abbreviations |
| Q_tm | motion: Text object | Q_op | Options |
| Q_pa | motion: Pattern searches | Q_ur | Undo/Redo commands |
| Q_ma | motion: Marks | Q_et | External commands |
| Q_vm | motion: Various | Q_qf | Quickfix commands |
| Q_ta | motion: Using tags | Q_vc | Various commands |
| Q_sc | Scrolling | Q_ce | Ex: Command-line editing |
| Q_in | insert: Inserting text | Q_ra | Ex: Ranges |
| Q_ai | insert: Keys | Q_ex | Ex: Special characters |
| Q_ss | insert: Special keys | Q_st | Starting Vim |
| Q_di | insert: Digraphs | Q_ed | Editing a file |
| Q_si | insert: Special inserts | Q_fl | Using the argument list |
| Q_de | change: Deleting text | Q_wq | Writing and quitting |
| Q_cm | change: Copying and moving | Q_ac | Automatic commands |
| Q_ch | change: Changing text | Q_wi | Multi-window commands |
| Q_co | change: Complex | Q_bu | Buffer list commands |
| Q_vi | Visual mode | Q_sy | Syntax highlighting |
| Q_to | Text objects | Q_gu | GUI commands |
| | Q_fo | Folding |
N is used to indicate an optional count that can be given before the command.
| Left-right motions | | | |
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| h | N | h | left (also: CTRL-H, <BS>, or <Left> key) |
| l | N | l | right (also: <Space> or <Right> key) |
| 0 | | 0 | to first character in the line (also: <Home> key) |
| ^ | | ^ | to first non-blank character in the line |
| $ | N | $ | to the last character in the line (N-1 lines lower) (also: <End> key) |
| g0 | | g0 | to first character in screen line (differs from “0” when lines wrap) |
| g^ | | g^ | to first non-blank character in screen line (differs from “^” when lines wrap) |
| g$ | N | g$ | to last character in screen line (differs from “$” when lines wrap) |
| gm | | gm | to middle of the screen line |
| gM | | gM | to middle of the line |
| bar | N | | | to column N (default: 1) |
| f | N | f{char} | to the Nth occurrence of {char} to the right |
| F | N | F{char} | to the Nth occurrence of {char} to the left |
| t | N | t{char} | till before the Nth occurrence of {char} to the right |
| T | N | T{char} | till before the Nth occurrence of {char} to the left |
| ; | N | ; | repeat the last “f”, “F”, “t”, or “T” N times |
| , | N | , | repeat the last “f”, “F”, “t”, or “T” N times in opposite direction |
| Scrolling | | | |
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| CTRL-E | N | CTRL-E | window N lines downwards (default: 1) |
| CTRL-D | N | CTRL-D | window N lines Downwards (default: 1/2 window) |
| CTRL-F | N | CTRL-F | window N pages Forwards (downwards) |
| CTRL-Y | N | CTRL-Y | window N lines upwards (default: 1) |
| CTRL-U | N | CTRL-U | window N lines Upwards (default: 1/2 window) |
| CTRL-B | N | CTRL-B | window N pages Backwards (upwards) |
z<CR> | | z<CR> or zt | redraw, current line at top of window |
| z. | | z. or zz | redraw, current line at center of window |
| z- | | z- or zb | redraw, current line at bottom of window |
| These only work when ‘wrap’ is off: | | | |
| zh | N | zh | scroll screen N characters to the right |
| zl | N | zl | scroll screen N characters to the left |
| zH | N | zH | scroll screen half a screenwidth to the right |
| zL | N | zL | scroll screen half a screenwidth to the left |
| | Multi-window commands |
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| CTRL-W_s | CTRL-W s or :split | split window into two parts |
| :split_f | :split {file} | split window and edit {file} in one of them |
| :vsplit | :vsplit {file} | same, but split vertically |
| :vertical | :vertical {cmd} | make {cmd} split vertically |
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| :sfind | :sf[ind] {file} | split window, find {file} in ‘path’ and edit it |
| :terminal | :terminal {cmd} | open a terminal window |
| CTRL-W_] | CTRL-W ] | split window and jump to tag under cursor |
| CTRL-W_f | CTRL-W f | split window and edit file name under the cursor |
| CTRL-W_^ | CTRL-W ^ | split window and edit alternate file |
| CTRL-W_n | CTRL-W n or :new | create new empty window |
| CTRL-W_q | CTRL-W q or :q[uit] | quit editing and close window |
| CTRL-W_c | CTRL-W c or :clo[se] | make buffer hidden and close window |
| CTRL-W_o | CTRL-W o or :on[ly] | make current window only one on the screen |
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| CTRL-W_j | CTRL-W j | move cursor to window below |
| CTRL-W_k | CTRL-W k | move cursor to window above |
| CTRL-W_CTRL-W | CTRL-W CTRL-W | move cursor to window below (wrap) |
| CTRL-W_W | CTRL-W W | move cursor to window above (wrap) |
| CTRL-W_t | CTRL-W t | move cursor to top window |
| CTRL-W_b | CTRL-W b | move cursor to bottom window |
| CTRL-W_p | CTRL-W p | move cursor to previous active window |
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| CTRL-W_r | CTRL-W r | rotate windows downwards |
| CTRL-W_R | CTRL-W R | rotate windows upwards |
| CTRL-W_x | CTRL-W x | exchange current window with next one |
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| CTRL-W_= | CTRL-W = | make all windows equal height & width |
| CTRL-W_- | CTRL-W - | decrease current window height |
| CTRL-W_+ | CTRL-W + | increase current window height |
| CTRL-W__ | CTRL-W _ | set current window height (default: very high) |
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| CTRL-W_< | CTRL-W < | decrease current window width |
| CTRL-W_> | CTRL-W > | increase current window width |
| CTRL-W_bar | CTRL-W | | set current window width (default: widest possible) |