2024-04-07

VIM/NVIM Commands for Reference

In this post, I will capture all the common commands I use often so that I do not have to do google search every-time I want to type something in NVIM

General Commands

In general, format is <count><action><scope><object>

To delete a line - dd
To delete a word - dw
To delete from cursor to end of line - d$ or D
To move the cursor to particular line number - :n where n can be any number
To copy (yank) multiple characters based on selection
- Go to visual mode by v
- Move your cursor to select the characters/lines
- To copy the selected lines y. This will only copy to VIM’s clipboard.
To delete multiple characters (or lines) based on selection
- Go to visual mode by v
- Move your cursor to select the characters/lines
- To delete the selected lines d
To paste the copied (yanked) text - p
To go to the end of line - $
To go to the beginning of line - ^
To move one word at a time - w
To delete a single character - x
To go to the corresponding closing bracket (you need cursor to be on top of opening bracket) - %
To delete all the characters from the current cursor position till the next occureance of character - dtx where x is the character you wish like dt". So delete till you find ".
To remove everything between the quotes and place cursor after quotes - ciq
To delete all the elements between brackets - dab
To copy the current word your cursor is in - yiw
To select all the lines with current indentation - vii
to select all the elements around bracket - vab

NERDTree Plugin

To cycle through the different panes - Ctrl + w + w

LazyVim

To Open file explorer - space + e
To move to the left tab - Shift + H
To move to the right tab - Shift + L
To cycle through different panes - ctrl + w + w
To close an open tab - space B D
To close all the open tab but the current one - space B O
To create a new directory - navigate to the folder under which you want to create the directory and then - A
To create a new file - navigate to the folder under which you want to create the file and then - a