vim graphical cheat sheet
Vim Jumps
- ^ — Move to start of line
- $ — Move to end of line
- b — Move back a word
- w — Move forward a word
- e — Move to the end of the next word
- Ctrl-o and Ctrl-i to go to the previous/next location you jumped to
- ``(two backticks) jump back to where you were
- gi go back to the last place you inserted a text and enter insert mode
Vim Navigations
- { and } jump paragraph back and forth
- Ctrl-F/B move one screen back and forth
- Search the word under cursor, then n/p to jump to next/previous
Enable Vim mode in bash
vi ~/.inputrc set editing-mode vi
Enable system clipboard upport
See if system clipboard is supported:
$ vim --version | grep clipboard
-clipboard +iconv +path_extra -toolbar
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
Rinstall vim as vim-gnome:
sudo apt-get install vim-gnome
Select what you want using the mouse - then type to copy to clipboard:
"+y
To paste to vim from clipboard type:
"+p
Others
- Ex: open the current directory
- set number: show line number