Global
- :help keyword - open help for keyword
- :saveas file - save file as
- :close - close current pane
- K - open man page for word under the cursor
تحريك المؤشر
- h - تحريك المؤشر لليسار
- j - تحريك المؤشر للأسفل
- k - تحريك المؤشر للأعلى
- l - تحريك المؤشر لليمين
- H - move to top of screen
- M - move to middle of screen
- L - move to bottom of screen
- w - اقفز للأمام إلى بداية كلمة
- W - اقفز للأمام إلى بداية كلمة (يمكن للكلمات أن تشمل علامات الترقيم)
- e - اقفز للأمام إلى نهاية الكلمة
- E - اقفز للأمام إلى نهاية كلمة (يمكن للكلمات أن تشمل علامات الترقيم)
- b - اقفز للوراء إلى بداية الكلمة
- B - اقفز للوراء إلى بداية الكلمة (يمكن للكلمات أن تشمل علامات الترقيم)
-
% - move to matching character (default supported pairs: '()', '{}', '[]' - use
:h matchpairsin vim for more info) - 0 - اقفز إلى بداية السطر
- ^ - اقفز إلى الخانة الأولى غير الفارغة في السطر
- $ - اقفز إلى نهاية السطر
- g_ - اقفز إلى الخانة الآخيرة غير الفارغة في السطر
- gg - اذهب إلى السطر الأول في الملف
- G - اذهب إلى السطر الآخير في الملف
- 5G - اذهب إلى السطر رقم ٥
- fx - اقفز إلى الخانة بعد الحدوث التالي لحرف اكس
- tx - اقفز إلى الخانة قبل الحدوث التالي لحرف اكس
- Fx - اقفز الى الخانة بغد الحدوث السابق لحرف اكس
- Tx - اقفز الى الخانة قبل الحدوث السابق لحرف اكس
- ; - repeat previous f, t, F or T movement
- , - repeat previous f, t, F or T movement, backwards
- } - / البلوك عند تحرير الكود)اقفز إلى القترة التالية (أم الدالة
- { - jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code)
- zz - center cursor on screen
- Ctrl + e - move screen down one line (without moving cursor)
- Ctrl + y - move screen up one line (without moving cursor)
- Ctrl + b - move back one full screen
- Ctrl + f - move forward one full screen
- Ctrl + d - move forward 1/2 a screen
- Ctrl + u - move back 1/2 a screen
Tip
Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines.
Insert mode - inserting/appending text
- i - insert before the cursor
- I - insert at the beginning of the line
- a - insert (append) after the cursor
- A - insert (append) at the end of the line
- o - append (open) a new line below the current line
- O - append (open) a new line above the current line
- ea - insert (append) at the end of the word
- Esc - exit insert mode
Editing
- r - replace a single character
- J - join line below to the current one
- gJ - join line below to the current one without space in between
- gwip - reflow paragraph
- cc - change (replace) entire line
- C - change (replace) to the end of the line
- c$ - change (replace) to the end of the line
- ciw - change (replace) entire word
- cw - change (replace) to the end of the word
- s - delete character and substitute text
- S - delete line and substitute text (same as cc)
- xp - transpose two letters (delete and paste)
- u - undo
- Ctrl + r - redo
- . - repeat last command
Marking text (visual mode)
- v - start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank)
- V - start linewise visual mode
- o - move to other end of marked area
- Ctrl + v - start visual block mode
- O - move to other corner of block
- aw - mark a word
- ab - a block with ()
- aB - a block with {}
- ib - inner block with ()
- iB - inner block with {}
- Esc - exit visual mode
Visual commands
- > - shift text right
- < - shift text left
- y - yank (copy) marked text
- d - delete marked text
- ~ - switch case
Registers
- :reg - show registers content
- "xy - yank into register x
- "xp - paste contents of register x
Tip Registers are being stored in ~/.viminfo, and will be loaded again on next restart of vim.
Tip Register 0 contains always the value of the last yank command.
Marks
- :marks - list of marks
- ma - set current position for mark A
- `a - jump to position of mark A
- y`a - yank text to position of mark A
Macros
- qa - record macro a
- q - stop recording macro
- @a - run macro a
- @@ - rerun last run macro
Cut and paste
- yy - yank (copy) a line
- 2yy - yank (copy) 2 lines
- yw - yank (copy) word
- y$ - yank (copy) to end of line
- p - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
- P - put (paste) before cursor
- dd - delete (cut) a line
- 2dd - delete (cut) 2 lines
- dw - delete (cut) word
- D - delete (cut) to the end of the line
- d$ - delete (cut) to the end of the line
- x - delete (cut) character
Exiting
- :w - write (save) the file, but don't exit
- :w !sudo tee % - write out the current file using sudo
- :wq or :x or ZZ - write (save) and quit
- :q - quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
- :q! or ZQ - quit and throw away unsaved changes
- :wqa - write (save) and quit on all tabs
Search and replace
- /pattern - search for pattern
- ?pattern - search backward for pattern
- \vpattern - 'very magic' pattern: non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)
- n - repeat search in same direction
- N - repeat search in opposite direction
- :%s/old/new/g - searchAndReplace.commands .colonPercentForwardSlashOldForwardSlashNewForwardSlashg
- :%s/old/new/gc - searchAndReplace.commands .colonPercentForwardSlashOldForwardSlashNewForwardSlashgc
- :noh - remove highlighting of search matches
Search in multiple files
- :vimgrep /pattern/ {`{file}`} - search for pattern in multiple files
e.g.
:vimgrep /foo/ **/*
- :cn - jump to the next match
- :cp - jump to the previous match
- :copen - open a window containing the list of matches
Working with multiple files
- :e file - edit a file in a new buffer
- :bnext or :bn - go to the next buffer
- :bprev or :bp - go to the previous buffer
- :bd - delete a buffer (close a file)
- :ls - list all open buffers
- :sp file - open a file in a new buffer and split window
- :vsp file - open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window
- Ctrl + ws - split window
- Ctrl + ww - switch windows
- Ctrl + wq - quit a window
- Ctrl + wv - split window vertically
- Ctrl + wh - move cursor to the left window (vertical split)
- Ctrl + wl - move cursor to the right window (vertical split)
- Ctrl + wj - move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)
- Ctrl + wk - move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)
Tabs
- :tabnew or :tabnew {page.words.file} - open a file in a new tab
- Ctrl + wT - move the current split window into its own tab
- gt or :tabnext or :tabn - move to the next tab
- gT or :tabprev or :tabp - move to the previous tab
- #gt - move to tab number #
- :tabmove # - move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0)
- :tabclose or :tabc - close the current tab and all its windows
- :tabonly or :tabo - close all tabs except for the current one
-
:tabdo command - run the
commandon all tabs (e.g.:tabdo q- closes all opened tabs)