Vim Motion / Keybinding

Here I will keep some of the vim motion & keybinding. (meanwhile I will keep updating this to remove those that I got very familiar, and add those that I found useful along the journey):

  • o/O: add cursor above/below current line

  • ==: fixing indentation for current line

  • =ap: fixing indentation for current paragraph (the inner-most function-like scope structure under cursor)

  • yyp : copy current line and paste the line below

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    yyp
# yy: yank current line into default register
# p:  paste the default register into the next line (the line below current cursor)

  • Vyp: copy current line and paste the line below

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    Vyp
# V:  enter visual line mode
# y:  yank the current selected line (by default you will be selecting the current line)
# p:  paste the default register into the next line (the line below current cursor)

  • di": delete inside the quotation mark (similarly there’s di[, di{ etc)

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    di"
# d: stands for delete 
# i: stands for inside 
# ": is the identifier, here is the quotation mark "

  • da": delete quotation mark and its inside cotnent (similarly there’s da[, da{ etc)

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    da"
# d: stands for delete 
# a: stands for all

    di"

    d: stands for delete

    i: stands for inside

    “: is the identifier, here is the quotation mark "

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    # ": is the identifier, here is the quotation mark "

Vim Command

Here I will keep some of the vim commands (stuff run via :, “Enter ⏎”):

  • :e!: reverting file to the last save version
  • :Ex: exit to current file’s working directory (or folder)

Reference

Vim Motions Guide (2022) - Vim Salesman