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 support

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