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Zeynel - - Shortcuts

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1	Esc	Gets out of the current mode into the “command mode”. All keys are bound of commands
2	I	“Insert mode” for inserting text. Keys behave as expected
1	:	“Last-line mode”. In this mode, Vim expects you to enter a command such as to save the document

1	H	Move the cursor one character to the left
−1	J	Move the cursor down one line
0	or Ctrl + J
2	K	Move the cursor up one line
−1	or Ctrl + P
−1	L	Move the cursor one character to the right
1	0	Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
−3	$	Move the cursor to the end of the line
0	^	Move the cursor to the first non-empty character of the line
0	W	Move forward one word (next alphanumeric word)
0	W	Move forward one word (delimited by a white space)
0	5 then W	Move forward five words
0	B	Move backward one word (previous alphanumeric word)
−1	B	Move backward one word (delimited by a white space)
0	5 then B	Move backward five words
−1	G	Move to the end of the file
2	G then G	Move to the beginning of the file

2	(	Jump to the previous sentence
1	)	Jump to the next sentence
0	{	Jump to the previous paragraph
0	}	Jump to the next paragraph
0	[ then [	Jump to the previous section
0	] then ]	Jump to the next section
0	[ then ]	Jump to the end of the previous section
0	] then [	Jump to the end of the next section

0	A	Insert text after the cursor
0	A	Insert text at the end of the line
1	I	Insert text before the cursor
0	O	Begin a new line below the cursor
0	O	Begin a new line above the cursor

0	X	Delete character at cursor
−1	D then W	Delete a word
0	D then 0	Delete to the beginning of a line
0	D then $	Delete to the end of a line
0	D then )	Delete to the end of sentence
0	D then G then G	Delete to the beginning of the file
0	D then G	Delete to the end of the file
0	D then D	Delete line
0	3 then D then D	Delete three lines

Replace characters instead of inserting them

1	Y then Y	Copy current line into storage buffer
2	P	Paste storage buffer after current line
1	P	Paste storage buffer before current line

1	U	undo the last operation
0	Ctrl + R	Redo the last undo

1	~	Switch case
0	D	Delete a word
0	C	Change
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0	Y	Yank
0	>	Shift right
0	<	Shift left
0	!	Filter through an external command

1	: then Q	Quits Vim but fails when file has been changed
0	: then W	Save the file
3	: then W then Q	Save the file and quit Vim
0	: then Q then !	Quit Vim without saving the changes to the file
1	Z then Z	Write file, if modified, and quit Vim
0	Z then Q	Same as :q! Quits Vim without writing changes

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