TMUX and VIM Cheatsheet

tmux_vim_cheatsheet-v4.txt

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                       TMUX & VIM CONFIGURATION CHEATSHEET
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1. TMUX CHEATSHEET
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Your configured Prefix is: Ctrl + a
You must press this combination first before hitting any of the command keys below 
(unless explicitly marked as [No Prefix]).

[ Session Management (Terminal Commands) ]
  tmux new -s <name>    Start a new named tmux session
  tmux attach -t <name> Attach/get back to an existing named session
  tmux ls               List all active tmux sessions
  Ctrl + a -> d         Detach from the current session (leaves it running in background)
  tmux kill-session -t <name> Kill a specific session

[ Plugin Management & Operations ]
  Ctrl + a -> I         Install Plugins (Fetches TPM plugins: Resurrect, Sensible)
  Ctrl + a -> U         Update Plugins (Updates your installed TPM extensions)
  Ctrl + a -> Alt + u   Uninstall Plugins (Cleans out removed plugins from config)
  
  * tmux-resurrect operations:
  Ctrl + a -> Ctrl + s  Save Environment (Saves all windows, panes, and layouts)
  Ctrl + a -> Ctrl + r  Restore Environment (Restores your last saved state)

[ Window Management (Tabs) ]
  Ctrl + a -> c         Create New Window
  Ctrl + a -> ,         Rename Current Window
  Ctrl + a -> n         Next Window
  Ctrl + a -> p         Previous Window

[ Pane Management (Splits) ]
  Ctrl + a -> |         Split Vertically (side-by-side layout)
  Ctrl + a -> -         Split Horizontally (top-and-bottom layout)
  Ctrl + a -> z         Zoom Pane (Toggles current pane to fullscreen and back)
  Alt + Left Arrow      [No Prefix] Move focus to the Left pane
  Alt + Right Arrow     [No Prefix] Move focus to the Right pane
  Alt + Up Arrow        [No Prefix] Move focus to the Upper pane
  Alt + Down Arrow      [No Prefix] Move focus to the Lower pane

[ Copy Mode & macOS Clipboard Navigation ]
  Ctrl + a -> [         Enter Copy Mode (Allows scrolling through terminal history)
  v                     (In Copy Mode) Begin selection (like Visual mode in Vim)
  r                     (In Copy Mode) Rectangle toggle (block/column selection)
  y                     (In Copy Mode) Yank selection to internal tmux buffer
  Enter                 (In Copy Mode) Copy to macOS Clipboard via pbcopy & exit
  Mouse Left-Drag       Highlight text and auto-copy directly to macOS Clipboard
  Ctrl + a -> P         Paste Buffer (Pastes last text copied inside tmux)

[ Command Line Navigation & Editing (Inside Panes) ]
  Ctrl + a              Jump straight to the START of the command line
  Ctrl + e              Jump straight to the END of the command line
  Alt + b  (or Esc->b)  Move BACKWARD by one full word
  Alt + f  (or Esc->f)  Move FORWARD by one full word
  Ctrl + w              Delete the WORD to the left of the cursor
  Ctrl + u              Delete from cursor back to the START of the line
  Ctrl + k              Delete from cursor forward to the END of the line
  Ctrl + y              Paste (Yank) back the last deleted text block
  Ctrl + _              Undo the last keyboard edit
  Ctrl + r              Reverse History Search (Find past commands instantly)
  Ctrl + g              Exit out of Reverse History Search mode


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2. VIM CHEATSHEET
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Your configured Leader key is: , (Comma)

[ Core Actions & File Operations ]
  ,w                    Fast Save (Force-saves current buffer via :w!)
  :W                    Sudo Write (Saves a read-only file with admin privileges)
  , <Space>             Clear Search Highlights (Clears matched search block color)
  ,l                    Toggle Hidden Characters (Shows/hides tabs [▸] and newlines [¬])

[ Page Navigation & Scrolling ]
  Ctrl + b              Move UP by one full screen page
  Ctrl + f              Move DOWN by one full screen page
  Ctrl + u              Move UP by half a screen page (Highly Recommended)
  Ctrl + d              Move DOWN by half a screen page

[ FZF (Fuzzy Finder) Navigation ]
  Ctrl + p              Search Files (Fuzzy find files in current directory path)
  ,b                    Search Buffers (Fuzzy find through currently open files)
  ,h                    History Search (Fuzzy find recent file history)
  ,t                    Buffer Tags (Search tags inside the active file)
  ,T                    Global Tags (Search tags across the entire workspace)

[ Buffers & Tab Management ]
  th                    Next Tab
  tl                    Previous Tab
  tn                    New Tab
  td                    Close Current Tab
  :Bclose               Close Current Buffer cleanly without breaking pane layouts

[ Surrounding Text Selection (Visual Mode) ]
Highlight a string of text in Visual Mode (v), then press:
  ,1                    Enclose text in parentheses: ( text )
  ,2                    Enclose text in square brackets: [ text ]
  ,3                    Enclose text in curly braces: { text }
  ,$                    Enclose text in double quotes: "text"
  ,q                    Enclose text in single quotes: 'text'
  ,e                    Enclose text in backticks: `text`

[ Auto-Pair Insertion (Insert Mode) ]
Type these short sequences while writing code to quickly inject structures:
  $1                    Inserts () and places cursor inside
  $2                    Inserts [] and places cursor inside
  $3                    Inserts {} and places cursor inside
  $4                    Inserts a clean multi-line curly bracket block:
                          {
                              [Cursor lands here]
                          }
  $q                    Inserts '' and places cursor inside
  $e                    Inserts "" and places cursor inside

[ Spell Checking ]
  ,ss                   Toggle Spell Check on/off
  ,sn                   Go to Next Misspelled word
  ,sp                   Go to Previous Misspelled word
  ,sa                   Add word under cursor to dictionary
  ,s?                   Suggest corrections for word under cursor

[ Code Navigation (via CoC Engine) ]
  gd                    Go to Definition (Jump to function/variable source)
  gy                    Go to Type Definition
  gi                    Go to Implementation
  gr                    Go to References (Lists all places symbol is called)
  Tab                   Cycles forward through auto-complete suggestions menu
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