Vim Notes

Vim Modes

a Append text following current cursor position

A Append text to the end of current line

i Insert text before the current cursor position

I Insert text at the beginning of the cursor line

o Open up a new line following the current line and add text there

O Open up a new line in front of the current line and add text there

Vim Commands

Create and write to file

:w file.txt

Edit existing file

:e file.txt

Save file

:wq

Overwrite existing file

:w! file_that_exists.txt

Read file

:r file.txt

Exit file without saving

:q!

Close current window

:q

Exit Vim

:qa!

Key Bindings

After esc

Undo

u

Redo

Ctrl + r

One line up

Ctrl + e

One line down

Ctrl + y

One page up

Ctrl + f

One page down

Ctrl + b