| h | left |
| j | down |
| k | up |
| l | right |
| gg | go to top |
| G | go to bottom |
| w | next word |
| b | back a word |
| e | Move to the end of a word |
| : + number | go to line number |
| 0 | Move to beginning of line |
| $ | Move to end of line |
| g + 0 | Beginning of line without the line break |
| g + $ | End of line without the line break |
| zz | Center cursor |
| ctrl + u | Move up half a page |
| ctrl + d | Move down half a page |
| :w | save |
| :q | quit |
| :wq | save and quit |
| :wq! | force a save and quit |
| i | insert mode |
| o | insert line below and i mode |
| O | insert line above and i mode |
| a | insert to the right |
| esc | back to command/normal mode |
| v | visual mode |
| dd | delete line and copy line to default register |
| x | delete where your cursor is at |
| c i w | change in word |
| r | replace letter |
| select U | Uppercase |
| select u | Lowercase |
| u | undo |
| ctrl + r | redo |
| . | redo command again |
| yy | Copy line to default register |
| p | Paste below default register |
| P | Paste above default register |
| ” char y | Copy to char register |
| ” char p | Paste from char register |
| / regex enter | Search forward on page |
| ? regex enter | Search backward on page |
| n | go to next instance |
| N | go back one instance |
| :noh | remove highlight |
| f + char | Go to the next occurrence of that char in the current line |
| F + char | Go to prev occurrence of that char in the current line |
\r |
New line |
\u |
Uppercase the following character |
| q macroChar keys q | record keys and put it in macro char that can be played again |
| @ macroChar | play the macro |
| V | Visual Line Mode |
| ctrl + v | Visual Block Mode |
| < | Remove indent |
| > | Indent |
| :s/regex/replace/g | Search and replace in selected text. |
| :s/. /. \r/g | Split a line into multiple lines by periods. |
| J | Combine lines into one line with a space between them. |
| g J | Combine lines into one line without a space between them. |
| SelectBeginning I characters | Add characters in front of all the lines selected |
| SelectEnd A characters | Add characters at the end of all the lines selected |
| SelectNumbers ctrl + a | Incrmeent numbers by 1 |
| SelectNumbers ctrl + x | Decrement numbers by 1 |
| SelectNumbers g ctrl + a | Progressively incrment. 1 2 3 4 etc. |
| SelectNumbers g ctrl + x | Progressively decrement. 4 3 2 1 etc. |
| m char | Set a marker at that line with the character |
| ` char | Jump to the character marker line |
| :delmarks char | Delete the character marker |
| :delmarks! | Delete all lower case character markers for that file |