Neovim

Directional keys: h j k l - left, down, up, right

x - delete character under the cursor i - insert text right before the cursor

a - append text right after the cursor A - append text right at the end of the line

dw - delete a word d$ - delete to the end of the line

Many commands that change text are made from an operator and a motion.

It has the following format:

d motion

d - is the delete operator motion - is what the operator will operate on (listed below)

Examples of motions: w - until the start of the next word, EXCLUDING its first character e - to the end of the current word, INCLUDING the last character $ - to the end of the line, INCLUDING the last character

We can also add count for a motion

2w - move the cursor 2 words forward 3e - move the cursor to the end of the third word forward 0 - move to the start of the line

d2w - delete the next two words

dd - delete the whole line 2dd - delete two lines

u - undo the last commands U - to fix a whole line

p - put previously deleted text after the cursor

rx - replace the character at the cursor with x

ce - change until end of a word c$ - change until end of the line

Control-g - show your location in a file and the file status G - move to a line in the file, if given a line number, otherwise jump to end of the file gg - move to the start of the file

/

- searches for the given search term n - go to the next result N - go to the next result in the opposite direction

? - search for phrase in the backward direction (instead of /)

Control-o - go back to where you came from. Repeat to go back further. Control-i - go forward

% - find matching ), ], }

:s// - substitute for :s///g - same as above but apply the substitution globally in the line :#,#s///g - same as above but apply between two lines (#,# is a range) :%s///g - apply it for the whole file :%s///gc - apply it for the whole file, with a prompt whether to substitute or not

:! - execute some command

v - go into visual mode to select text, and afterwards do ”:” :r - retrieve contents of :r ! - read output of a command

o - open a line below the cursor O - open a line above the cursor

R - replace more than one character

y - yank (copy) text p - put it

While searching, :set ic - ignore case :set hls is - hlsearch and incsearch option :set noic - disable ignoring case :set invic - inver the value of a setting (prepend a setting with “inv”) :nohlsearch - remove highlighting of matches

:help - get the help window

Control-w - jump to one window