Basics controls for NeoVim.

NeoVim Cheat Sheet

Moving arround

https://neovim.io/doc/user/usr_03.html#usr_03.txt https://neovim.io/doc/user/usr_29.html#usr_29.txt

• Move cursor

  • h j k l : left

    down

    up

    right

• Though words

  • w b next

    prev word beggin

  • e next word end
  • ge prev word end
• Start & end of line
  • $ goto end of line
  • ^ goto first non blanc char of line
  • 0 goto starts of line
• Moving to char
  • f_ goto next _char
  • F_ goto prev _char
  • t_ goto before next _char
  • T_ goto before prev _char
• Parenthesis match
  • % Warp to matching parenthesis ()[]{}
  • TODO cf https://neovim.io/doc/user/usr_29.html#usr_29.txt
• Navigate through file
  • :_ Warp to line _number
  • _G Warp to line _number, mark starting position
  • gg Warp to start of file
  • G Warp to end of file
  • _% Warp to _percent of the file

  • H M L Warp to top

    middle

    low of the window

  • CTRL-u CTRL-d Scroll up

    down

• Move viewpoint

  • CTRL-e CTRL-y scroll down

    up

  • zz Center screen to line cursor
• Search for a string

  • / ? search front

    backward

  • n N next

    prev iter

  • * # search for next

    prev word under cursor

  • \< \> mark start

    end of word

  • ^ $ match start

    end of line

• Jump into marks
  • `` Jump back and forward the last mark
  • CTRL-o Jump from older marks
  • CTRL-i Jump to newest marks (Not true for Chad)
  • '_ Jump to mark or history
• Visual mode
  • CTRL-v Column mode
  • o O Change corner

Selectors

• a Arround
• i Inner

Copy, past and delete

• y p Copy past
• d Copy and delete
• "* (prefix) Copy or past from clipboard

• x X Delete char under

  before cursor

Text edition

• I A Insert mode at start

  end of line

• R Replacement mode
• CTRL-o Normal mode command from edit mode

Command line

• CTRL-b CTRL-e Go back

  end of cmd line

• CTRL-w Delete back word
• CTRL-u Delete line
• q: Open history, press entre on line to exec
• :!_ Exectute the shell _cmd
• :r !_ Write shell _cmd result in buffer

Registers

• "_ Specify a register, use any copy or past cmd then

Special chars

• :digraphs List special chars
• CTRL-v _ In insert mode, add the special char _code
• CTRL-k_ In command edition, add the special _char