Topics

• Starting commands
• Command Mode commands
• Text Insert Mode commands
• File commands

Command Mode commands

^B

move backward one screen

^D

scroll down one half screen

^E

expose one more line at bottom of screen

^F

move forward one screen (same as :f)

^G

print statistics on current file and position

^H

move back one space (same as h)

^J

move to corresponding position on next line (same as j)

^L

redraw screen

^M

same as CR

^N

same as ^J

^P

move to corresponding position on previous line (same as k)

^R

redraw screen, eliminating deleted lines marked by @

^U

scroll up

^Y

expose one more line at top of screen

^Z

suspend currently active Unix command

^[

escape cancels a pending command in command mode, and is used to terminate insert mode

^]

same as :ta with word after cursor as argument; moves to the tag whose name is given by the word containing the cursor

^`

same as :vi # or :e #

A

append text at end of current line

B

move to start of current big word

CR

move to first non-blank position on next line (return or enter key)

C

change from cursor to end of line

D

delete from cursor to end of line

E

move to end of current big word

Fx

move backward to character x on current line

nG

move to start of line n

G

move to the end of the file

H

move to start of top line on current screen

I

insert text at beginning of current line

J

join next line to current one

L

move to start of last line on current screen

N

search for pattern in opposite direction

O

insert line above current line

P

put contents of the yank/delete buffer into text before cursor

R

replace characters by overtyping

S

change line

Tx

move backward to character after x on current line

U

undo all current changes on current line

W

move to start of next big word

X

delete character before cursor

Y

copy current line into buffer (same as yy)

ZZ

save file and quit

a

append text after cursor

b

move to start of current word

c

change object

d

delete object

e

move to end of current word

fx

move forward to character x on current line

h

move left one space

i

insert text before cursor

j

move down one line

k

move up one line

l

move right one space (same as space)

mx

associate a mark (x) with current position of cursor

n

search for pattern in same direction

o

insert line below current line

p

put contents of a buffer into text after cursor

r

replace character

s

change characters

tx

move forward to character before x on current line

u

undo last change

w

move to start of next word

x

remove character

y

copy object into buffer

zCR

redraw screen with current line at the top

z-

redraw screen with current line at the bottom

z.

redraw screen with current line at the center

/pat/z-

redraw screen with pat line at the bottom

zn.

use window with line size n

space

move right one column (spacebar)

-

move to first non-blank position on previous line

$

move to end of current line

%

if given with cursor on (, { or [, moves it to matching ), }, or ]

"

return to start of line you were previously on

'x

move to start of line containing mark x

(

move to start of current sentence

)

move to start of next sentence

+

move cursor to first non-blank character on next line (same as CR)

.

repeat last command which changed buffer

/patCR

move forward to first occurrence of pattern pat

0

move to start of current line

<

decrease indent of each level of object by one shiftwidth

=*

reindent lisp program, as if it had been entered using lisp and autoindent options

>

indent each line of object by one more shiftwidth

?patCR

move backward to first occurrence of pattern pat

[[

move to start of current section

n|

move to column n on current line

]]

move to sart of next section

^

move to first non-blank character on current line

`x

go to postion marked x

``

return to previous position

{

move to start of current paragraph

}

move to start of next paragraph

:

prefix character for line mode ex commands

;

repeat last t, T, f, or F command

1-9

used for adding count prefixes to commands

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