Introduction to VIM

12-09 update: The English version of VIM visual cheat sheet is also available. PNG, PDF)

(Update:Add the basic instruction table and description in the graph andPDFTo facilitate printing and pasting on the wall at any time.)

I was writing that article.Articles about VI and Text EditorTo attachVimThe super simple entry link, but I was not very satisfied with it, so I decided to first draw a description for the entry.

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This graphVimBasically all the moving methods have been drawn up, for convenienceProgrammerIn particular, it lists a lot of buttons that can only be used to write a program. In addition to this, there are actually some useful things that I did not expect to draw.(LikeTags, No standard shortcutTab,Man ..)If you haveIdeaWelcome.

These icons are divided into the following types based on the unit size of movement, marked with different colors:
(Note that this is not completeVimThe quick key list is just a commonly used key .)

Character (character)
H	Left
J	Lower
K	Upper
L	Right

Word)
W	Next word
W	Next word (skip punctuation)
B	Previous word
E	Jump to the end of the current word

Line)
0	Jump to the beginning of the current row
^	Jump to the first non-blank character in the current line
$	Jump to end of line

Section (paragraph), block (Block)
{	Previous section (separated by blank lines)
}	Next section (separated by blank lines)
[{	Jump to the beginning of the current block
]}	Jump to the end of the current block
%	Jump to the brackets corresponding to the current one (applies to various parentheses, and can even jump to HTML tags if set)

Screen and absolute position
H	Screen top
M	Center of Screen
L	Bottom of Screen
:X XG	Jump to row x (x is the row number)

Search)
/Xxxx	Search for xxxx
#	Search for the word of the current cursor)
*	Search for the word of the current cursor)
FX	Search for character X from the current row
GD	Jump to the definition location of the word in which the current cursor is located (for programming purposes, jump to the definition variable/Function Location)

Split windows
: Split	Split Window (you can add a file name to enable another file)
: Diffsplit xxx	Compare the split window with file XXX (diff)
CTRL-W P	Jump to the previous split window (switch back and forth between the two split Windows)
CTRL-W J	Jump to the split window below
CTRL-W H	Jump to the left split window
CTRL-W K	Jump to the split window above
CTRL-W L	Jump to the split window on the right

Auto-completion (used in insert mode)
CTRL-n	Automatically fills in the next word in the file)
CTRL-P	Automatically fills in the previous word in the file)
CTRL-x Ctrl-F	Automatic File Filling