Innitial DOCS

shortcuts

mode	shortcut	description
NORMAL	;	the same as the colon key, so that you don't need to use SHIFT C (pressckly)
NORMAL	gcc	comment the current line of code
NORMAL	F2	toggle the NERDTree panel (directories and files)
NORMAL	F3	toggle the TagBar panel
NORMAL	F7	invoke the Flake8 (Python code verification)
NORMAL	,,w	activate the EasyMotion (try press the H command first)
NORMAL	CTRL + P	activate the CtrlP plugin; press ENTER to open the file(s) in a new tab
INSERT	Ctrl + e	html code templates with Sparkup (must be editing a HTML file)
NORMAL	TAB	indent preserving visual selection
NORMAL	SHIFT + TAB	unindent preserving visual selection
ANY	CTRL + right arrow	go to the next tab
ANY	CTRL + left arrow	go to the previuos tab
ANY	CTRL + h	set the focus on the left window
ANY	CTRL + l	set the focus on the right window
ANY	CTRL + j	set the focus on the window below
ANY	CTRL + k	set the focus on the window above
NORMAL	LF	locate the file in the NERDTree panel
VISUAL	Ctrl + P	duplicate the selected block of code

Vim shortcuts

Key	Cursor movement
h	move cursor left
j	move cursor down
k	move cursor up
l	move cursor right
w	jump forwards to the start of a word
W	jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)
e	jump forwards to the end of a word
E	jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)
b	jump backwards to the start of a word
B	jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)
0	jump to the start of the line
^	jump to the first non-blank character of the line
$	jump to the end of the line
G	go to the last line of the document
5G	go to line 5
''	To the position before the latest jump, / where the last "m'" / "m`" command was given.

Key	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

Key	Editing
r	replace a single character
J	join line below to the current one
cc	change (replace) entire line
cw	change (replace) to the end of the word
c$	change (replace) to the end of the line
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

Key	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

Key	Visual commands

| shift text right | < | shift text left | y | yank (copy) marked text | d | delete marked text | ~ | switch case |

Key	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

Key	Exiting
:w	write (save) the file, but don't exit
:wq	write (save) and quit
:x	write (save) and quit
:q	quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
:q!	quit and throw away unsaved changes

Command	Search and replace
*	search for word under cursor
/pattern	search for pattern
?pattern	search backward for pattern
n	repeat search in same direction
N	repeat search in opposite direction
:%s/old/new/g	replace all old with new throughout file
:%s/old/new/gc	replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations

Command	Tabs
Ctrl + l	move to the next tab
Ctrl + h	move to the previous tab