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A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by dokem »

Should also mention:

  gg - top of file
  G - end of file
  5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G)
  ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode
  yiw - copy current word
  zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

#14

Post by redthrowaway »

rtorr wrote: post #10
redthrowaway wrote: post #9

I'm a bit confused what the intended use case is, here. Is the idea to have it loaded on your tablet while programming on your laptop or desktop so you don't have to switch screens? Why not just print it out and pin it to the wall?

I made a similar cheat sheet years ago as a PDF. It got some popularity around the developer community. I think it being html/an open source document, you can use it in many different ways (including printing it out and putting it on your wall). The fact that I have already received pull request I think shows it might be a good idea.

I'm not saying I don't think people will find it useful, just that I don't get it. Still, it's clean and concise (and readily printable), so thanks!

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by aaronmacy »

dokem wrote: post #13

Should also mention: gg - top of file G - end of file 5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G) ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode yiw - copy current word zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)

one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by jrussino »

ichinaski wrote: post #6

"c$ - change (replace) to the end of line" I find 'C' simpler for that command.

Why doesn't 'Y' behave similarly? I've never understood this inconsistency in the default key bindings:

'c$' OR 'C' = change to end of line

'd$' OR 'D' = cut to end of line

'y$' = yank to end of line

'cc' = change entire line

'dd' = cut entire line

'yy' OR 'Y' = yank entire line

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by dokem »

aaronmacy wrote: post #15
dokem wrote: post #13

Should also mention: gg - top of file G - end of file 5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G) ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode yiw - copy current word zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)

one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode

Apparently yiw can be shortened to yw as well

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by tmimicus »

graywh wrote: post #12
tmimicus wrote: post #11

It's missing my favorite commands - ci", ci{, and ci( - change (replace) inside quotes, brackets, and parens (respectively) pair under the cursor.

That's actually one command/operator (c) with different motions (in case, they're all text objects).

true, but isn't c$ similar in that sense? that one made the list...

Re: A mobile friendly Vim cheat sheet

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Post by bpeebles »

aaronmacy wrote: post #15
dokem wrote: post #13

Should also mention: gg - top of file G - end of file 5gg - go to line 5 (I find this easier than 5G) ciw - delete current word and enter insert mode yiw - copy current word zz - center cursor (its also nice to remap G to Gzz etc)

one of these can be shortened: cw - deletes the current word & enters insert mode

Not quite: cw deletes until the end of the current word from the current position and then enters insert mode. ciw deletes the entire your current position is in and enters insert mode. Go ahead and try them.
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