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A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

24 points by rtorr 13y ago

harrytuttle 13y ago
Actually just what I was after. Thanks for your efforts on this :)
tunnuz 13y ago
Cool, thanks!
getoffmalawn 13y ago
Under "Working with multiple files", the split command is incorrect. It's not Ctrl+WQ; it's Ctrl+WS.
- rtorr 13y ago
  Awesome find. I'll get that fixed. EDIT: Looks like someone had a pull request for it. Merged.
ichinaski 13y ago
"c$ - change (replace) to the end of line" I find 'C' simpler for that command.
- jrussino 13y ago
  Why doesn't 'Y' behave similarly? I've never understood this inconsistency in the default key bindings: 'c$' OR 'C' = change to end of line 'd$' OR 'D' = cut to end of line 'y$' = yank to end of line 'cc' = change entire line 'dd' = cut entire line 'yy' OR 'Y' = yank entire line
dsschnau 13y ago
Looks awesome. Going over it I'm surprised how much Vim I know already without thinking.
dfinn 13y ago
Very useful. Needs a few typo fixes, but it's bookmarked on my phone :)
redthrowaway 13y ago
I'm a bit confused what the intended use case is, here. Is the idea to have it loaded on your tablet while programming on your laptop or desktop so you don't have to switch screens? Why not just print it out and pin it to the wall?
- rtorr 13y ago
  I made a similar cheat sheet years ago as a PDF. It got some popularity around the developer community. I think it being html/an open source document, you can use it in many different ways (including printing it out and putting it on your wall). The fact that I have already received pull request I think shows it might be a good idea.
  - redthrowaway 13y ago
    I'm not saying I don't think people will find it useful, just that I don't get it. Still, it's clean and concise (and readily printable), so thanks!
tmimicus 13y ago
It's missing my favorite commands - ci", ci{, and ci( - change (replace) inside quotes, brackets, and parens (respectively) pair under the cursor.
- graywh 13y ago
  That's actually one command/operator (c) with different motions (in case, they're all text objects).
  - tmimicus 13y ago
    true, but isn't c$ similar in that sense? that one made the list...
dokem 13y ago
Should also mention: gg - top of file G - end of file 5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G) ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode yiw - copy current word zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)
- aaronmacy 13y ago
  one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode
  - dokem 13y ago
    Apparently yiw can be shortened to yw as well
  - bpeebles 13y ago
    Not quite: cw deletes until the end of the current word from the current position and then enters insert mode. ciw deletes the entire your current position is in and enters insert mode. Go ahead and try them.
toblender 13y ago
I personally like :x Over :wq Also a nice one is :Sex For splitting windows and navigating the file system.

24 points by rtorr 13y ago

harrytuttle 13y ago

Actually just what I was after. Thanks for your efforts on this :)

tunnuz 13y ago

Cool, thanks!

getoffmalawn 13y ago

Under "Working with multiple files", the split command is incorrect. It's not Ctrl+WQ; it's Ctrl+WS.

rtorr 13y ago
Awesome find. I'll get that fixed. EDIT: Looks like someone had a pull request for it. Merged.

ichinaski 13y ago

"c$ - change (replace) to the end of line" I find 'C' simpler for that command.

jrussino 13y ago
Why doesn't 'Y' behave similarly? I've never understood this inconsistency in the default key bindings: 'c$' OR 'C' = change to end of line 'd$' OR 'D' = cut to end of line 'y$' = yank to end of line 'cc' = change entire line 'dd' = cut entire line 'yy' OR 'Y' = yank entire line

dsschnau 13y ago

Looks awesome. Going over it I'm surprised how much Vim I know already without thinking.

dfinn 13y ago

Very useful. Needs a few typo fixes, but it's bookmarked on my phone :)

redthrowaway 13y ago

I'm a bit confused what the intended use case is, here. Is the idea to have it loaded on your tablet while programming on your laptop or desktop so you don't have to switch screens? Why not just print it out and pin it to the wall?

rtorr 13y ago
I made a similar cheat sheet years ago as a PDF. It got some popularity around the developer community. I think it being html/an open source document, you can use it in many different ways (including printing it out and putting it on your wall). The fact that I have already received pull request I think shows it might be a good idea.
- redthrowaway 13y ago
  I'm not saying I don't think people will find it useful, just that I don't get it. Still, it's clean and concise (and readily printable), so thanks!

tmimicus 13y ago

It's missing my favorite commands - ci", ci{, and ci( - change (replace) inside quotes, brackets, and parens (respectively) pair under the cursor.

graywh 13y ago
That's actually one command/operator (c) with different motions (in case, they're all text objects).
- tmimicus 13y ago
  true, but isn't c$ similar in that sense? that one made the list...

dokem 13y ago

Should also mention: gg - top of file G - end of file 5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G) ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode yiw - copy current word zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)

aaronmacy 13y ago
one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode
- dokem 13y ago
  Apparently yiw can be shortened to yw as well
- bpeebles 13y ago
  Not quite: cw deletes until the end of the current word from the current position and then enters insert mode. ciw deletes the entire your current position is in and enters insert mode. Go ahead and try them.

toblender 13y ago

I personally like :x Over :wq Also a nice one is :Sex For splitting windows and navigating the file system.