Vem Cheat Sheet - Basic (QWERTZ)

Basic Movements

h

Left

j

Down

k

Up

l

Right

Larger Movements

H

Previous word

J

Next paragraph (next blank line)

K

Previous paragraph (previous blank line)

L

Next word

Inserting after Moving

Ctrl-h

Insert at the start of current line (first non-whitespace character)

Ctrl-j

Insert in a new line below current one

Ctrl-k

Insert in a new line above current one

Ctrl-l

Insert at the end of current line

Line Movements

,

Beginning of current line (first non-whitespace character)

.

End of current line

Page Movements

U

Page up

M

Page down

Document Movements

a

Top of the file

y

Bottom of the file

:<number> jump to the given line number

Jump History

R

Go to previous location in jump history

Undoing and Redoing

q

Undo

Q

Redo

Deleting

c

Delete current line or selection

I

Delete left character (backspace)

O

Delete right character (delete)

Changing

f

Change current word

F

Change from cursor to the end of line

Ctrl-f

Change the content between the closest surrounding matching pair ({[<"''">]})

Changing means deleting and starting insert mode

Replacing

r <char>

Replace character under cursor, or all characters if there's an active selection, by <char>

Commenting

v

Comment/Uncomment current line or selection (line comment markers)

Adding White-Space

Tab

Indent line or selection

S-Tab

Un-indent line or selection

y

Add blank line above current one

n

Add blank line below current one

(

Add space before cursor

)

Add space after cursor

Enter

Enter a newline (also in normal mode)

Formatting

Ctrl-u

Toggle case of character under cursor or all characters in selection

Adding and Subtracting

A

Add 1 to number under cursor

Y

Subtract 1 number under cursor

Selections

G

Start selection (repeated, it changes the selection mode: characterwise, blockwise, linewise)

Space

Deselect

Space Space

Reselect last active selection

Important: a horizontal movement after G sets a characterwise selection and a vertical movement, a linewise one.

Quick Selections

g

Select word (if pressed twice, select all text between white-space)

Ctrl-g

Select the content between the closest surrounding matching pair ({[<"''">]})

More Quick Selections

Space a

Select all

Space p

Select paragraph

Space P

Select last pasted text

Space g

Select camel case or underscore separated word

Space G

Select inner line (not including leading and trailing white-space)

Copying, Cutting and Deleting

e

Copy line or selection

d

Cut line or selection

c

Delete line or selection

Secondary Clipboard

E

Copy line or selection into secondary clipboard

D

Cut line or selection into secondary clipboard

Pasting

p

Paste

P

Paste secondary clipboard

Advanced Pasting I

Ctlr-p h

Paste before cursor

Ctlr-p j

Paste below current line

Ctlr-p k

Paste above current line

Ctlr-p l

Paste after cursor (same as p)

Advanced Pasting II

Ctlr-p ,

Paste at line beginning

Ctlr-p .

Paste at line end

Opening Files

W

Open file

space w

Fuzzy finder

Ctrl-t

New file

Saving Files

s

Save

space s

Save all

Closing Files

x

Close (and quit if last one)

space x

Close all and quit

Switching between open files

w

Switch between open files

t

Next open file

T

Previous open file

{

Move current file to the left in tabline

}

Move current file to the right in tabline

File Browser: Opening and Closing

W

Open file browser

x

Close file browser

File Browser: Basic Actions

h

Go to parent directory

j

Cursor down

k

Cursor up

l or Enter

Open file or enter directory

File Browser: Opening and Closing

Space w

Open fuzzy finder

Ctrl-o

Close fuzzy finder

Enter

Open file

Fuzzy Finder: Movements

Ctrl-h

Move cursor left

Ctrl-j

Move up in the list of matching files

Ctrl-k

Move down in the list of matching files

Ctrl-l

Move cursor right

Fuzzy Finder: Options

Tab

Autocomplete

Ctrl-f

Toggle search by just filename

Ctrl-r

Refresh list

Insert Mode: Movements

Ctrl-h

Move cursor left

Ctrl-j

Move cursor down

Ctrl-k

Move cursor up

Ctrl-l

Move cursor right

Insert Mode: Autocomplete

Tab

Autocomplete

Shift-Tab

Autocomplete (opposite direction)

Tab autocompletes after text and inserts a tab or spaces (depending on your configuration) at the beginning of the line or after white-space. Use Ctrl-] to insert tab or spaces independently of the context.

Insert Mode: Adding Text

Ctrl-d

Insert Unicode character (digraph)

Ctrl-y

Clone character above the cursor

Ctrl-n

Clone character below the cursor

Ctrl-]

Insert tab (for cases where Tab autocompletes)

Insert Mode: Paste Mode

Ctrl-^

Toggle paste mode

You can also use Ctrl-6 instead of Ctrl-^ (which can be difficult to type in some keyboards).

Command Line: Movements

Ctrl-h

Move cursor left

Ctrl-l

Move cursor right

Ctrl-a

Jump to beginning of command line

Ctrl-e

Jump to end of command line

Command Line: History

Ctrl-j

Next command in command-line history

Ctrl-k

Previous command in command-line history.

When browsing the command line history, if you already typed the start of a command, it will try to find a match

Command Line: Pasting

Ctrl-p

Paste clipboard contents

Command Line: Autocomplete

Tab

Autocomplete

Shift-Tab

Autocomplete (opposite direction)

Searching

/ or -

Search forward (after cursor)

?

Search backwards (before cursor)

u

Find previous

m

Find next

_

Search word under cursor forward

Ctrl-_

Search word under cursor backwards

Ctrl-r

Reset search highlighting

Substituting

:%s/<pattern>/<text>/icg

Replace all occurrences of <pattern> with <text>

The last characters are optional flags:

i

ignore case

c

confirm every substitution interactively

g

replace all occurrences in each line

<text> can contain \1, \2, ... to refer to the regex groups of pattern

Substitution Ranges

:%s/.../.../ Perform substitution across the whole file

:<n>,<m>s/.../.../ Perform substitution in the range from line number <n> to <m>

:'<,'>s/.../.../ Perform substitution in current selection. This prefix will be automatically pre-populated in the command line once you visually create the selection and then type :