nvim-notes.md

• x - delete character
• d... - delete motion
• dd - delete line (or 2dd for 2 lines)
• y... - copy motion (yank)
• yy - yank line (or 2yy for 2 lines)
• p / P - paste (put) (p after cursor, P before cursor)
• u - undo
• U - undo all changes on line
• <C-r> - redo
• r... replace current character
• R enter replace mode (overtype)
• c... change motion (delete and enter insert mode)
• v - open visual mode
• V - open visual line mode
• <C-V> - select line
• <C-v> - open visual block mode
• o / O - insert a new line, move cursor to that line, and open insert mode
• i / I - enter insert mode (I at beginning of line)

motions - emacs vs vim

name	emacs keybind	vim keybind
beginning of line	C-a	^ 0
end of line	C-e	$
beginning of file	M-<	gg
end of file	M->	G
specific line		G + line number
beginning of next word	M-f	w / W
end of current word		e / E
beginning of current word	M-b	b / B
next paragraph	M-}	}
previous paragraph	M-{	{
previous cursor location		<C-o>
next cursor location		<C-i>
search	C-s	/ / ?
next search result		n
previous search result	C-r	N
page up	C-v	<C-b>
page down	M-v	<C-f>
scroll cursor centered	C-l	zz
scroll cursor top	C-l	zt
scroll cursor botton	C-l	zb

file/window/buffer mgmt - emacs vs vim

name	emacs cmd	emacs keybind	vim cmd	vim keybind
open file	find-file	C-x C-f	:find	N/A
hide everything else	delete-other-windows	C-x 1	:only :on	<C-W>o
delete window	delete-window	C-x 0	:close	<C-W>c
delete window	delete-window	C-x 0	:close	<C-W>c
go to next window	other-window	C-x o	N/A	<C-W>w
split top/bottom	split-window-vertically	C-x 2	:split	<C-W>s
split left/right	split-window-horizontally	C-x 3	:vsplit	<C-W>v
list buffers	ibuffer	C-x C-b	:buffers :ls	N/A
open buffer	switch-to-buffer	C-x b	:buffer :b	N/A
swap to last buffer	switch-to-prev-buffer	N/A	:b#	<C-6>
equalize window sizes	balance-windows	C-x +	N/A	<C-=>

find/replace

• :s/foo/bar/ - replace 1st occurrence on the current line of foo with bar

• :%s/foo/bar/ - replace 1st occurrence after the cursor of foo with bar

• :5,10s/foo/bar/ - replace 1st occurrence between lines 5 and 10 of foo with bar

• :nohlsearch / :nohl / :noh - stop highlighting search

• add g to handle all occurrences within the given range

• add gc to handle all occurrences but confirm each time

• you can also start a find/replace limited to selected text in visual mode

• also see the R keybind for replace/overtype

other commands

• :!ls - execute the ls command and show output in message pager
  • if there is a selection in visual mode, pass the currently selected text as stdin to the ls command and replace the selection with the command's output
• :w !ls - pass the currently selected text (or the entire file) as stdin to the ls command and show the output as a message
• :w PATH_HERE - write the contents of the open buffer to a file located at PATH_HERE
  • you can also write a specific text selection from visual mode
• :q - quit
• :r - insert a file's contents
  • :r !ls - insert the output of the ls command

options

• usage: :set OPTION_NAME_HERE
• note: prepend option with no to turn off
• note: prepend option with inv to invert (toggle)
• ignorecase / ic
• hlsearch / hls
• incsearch / is
• number / nu

help

• C-d - show tabulated command completion options

show keybind for a given command

• emacs: where-is / C-h w
• nvim:
  • if builtin keybind: help index and then grep
  • else (mapped): :new, :put =execute('COMMAND_HERE'), (where COMMAND is nmap / imap / vmap depending on mode or map for all modes) and then grep

show command for a given keybind

• emacs: describe-key / C-h k
• nvim:
  • if builtin keybind: :help KEYBIND_HERE (example: CTRL-W_w)
  • else (mapped): :verbose map KEYBIND_HERE (example: <C-W>w)