​​Vim Keystrokes – Mosky’s Notes
​​Normal Mode
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​​Moving
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​​Left | Up
​​Right | Down
​​Character
​​h
​​l
​​Vim Word
​​b
​​<S-Left>*
​​e
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​​ge
​​w
​​<S-Right>*
​​Non-Blank Word
​​B
​​<C-Left>*
​​E
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​​gE
​​W
​​<C-Right>*
​​Within Line
​​^
​​$
​​<End>*
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​​0
​​<Home>*
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​​Line
​​k
​​j
​​Page
​​<S-Up>*
​​<S-Down>*
​​Within Document
​​gg
​​<C-Home>*
​​G
​​<C-End>*
​​Search a Character
​​T{char}
​​t{char}
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​​F{char}
​​f{char}
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​​,
​​;
​​Search a Word
​​#
​​*
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​​gd
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​​gD
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​​Search
​​?
​​/
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​​N
​​n
​​Mark
​​m{mark}
​​`{mark}
​​'{mark}
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​​:marks
​​Tag
​​CTRL-T
​​:pop
​​CTRL-]
​​:tag {name}
​​:tag
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​​
​​g]
​​:tselect {name}
​​:tselect
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​​:tags
​​Jump
​​CTRL-O
​​CTRL-I
​​<Tab>
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​​:jumps
  • ​​*: Also works in the insert mode; note <Home> & `0` and <C-End> & `G` are similar but not the same.
  • ​​`b` in Vim is similar to <M-b> in Bash.
  • ​​`e` in Vim is similar to <M-f> in Bash.
  • ​​Try <Fn-Left> for <Home> on Mac.
  • ​​Try <Fn-Right> for <End> on Mac.
  • ​​For tags, try `$ ctags -R`.
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