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Last Modified: Tuesday, 03-Apr-2001 16:27:42 CDT |
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Calder's VI Cheat Sheet |
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Cursor movements (items below are sometimes called objects):
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| h | left one character | |||||||||
| l | right one character | |||||||||
| j | down one line | |||||||||
| k | up one line | |||||||||
| w | right one word | |||||||||
| b | back one word | |||||||||
| $ | to the end of line | |||||||||
| 0 | to the beginning of the line | |||||||||
| ) | right one sentence | |||||||||
| ( | left one sentence | |||||||||
| } | right one paragraph | |||||||||
| { | left one paragraph | |||||||||
| Ctrl-F | forward one page | |||||||||
| Ctrl-B | back one page | |||||||||
| G | go to (without arguments, go to end of file) | |||||||||
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Deleting | ||||||||||
| d |
delete
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| dd | delete delete (delete the whole line) | |||||||||
| x | delete character cursor is on | |||||||||
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| r | replace one character | |||||||||
| ZZ | save and exit (hold down shift and press "z" twice) | |||||||||
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yank (copy into temporary buffer) then add cursor movement symbol to show what should be copied, for example: y) - copy to the end of sentence | |||||||||
| Y | yank line cursor is on | |||||||||
| p | paste below cursor line (deleted or copied text) | |||||||||
| P | paste above cursor line | |||||||||
| u | undo last editing command | |||||||||
| /sometext | search for "sometext" | |||||||||
| ! | External commands can be performed on the selected text (in lines) if command is started with "!", i.e.: !}fmt - reformat paragraph to 72 columns | |||||||||
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command line (sometimes called "ex mode") | |||||||||
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Any command can take numeric argument before the name of "object" | ||||||||||
| 5dd | delete 5 lines beginning with cursor line (or) d5d - same | |||||||||
| 2dw | delete two words (or) d2w - delete two words | |||||||||
| c3w | change 3 words | |||||||||
| 3Ctrl-B | move up three pages | |||||||||
| 1G | go to the first line | |||||||||
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From the command line a "set" command can be executed to
customize editing environment | ||||||||||
| set all | will show the state of all options | |||||||||
| set number | will show on the screen numbers of all lines | |||||||||
| set autoindent | self explainatory | |||||||||
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From the command line operations can be performed on the range of lines | ||||||||||
| 18,24 del | delete from line 18 to line 24 | |||||||||
| 23,48 copy 17 | block from line 23 to 48 copy to line 17 | |||||||||
| 2,17 move 92 | block from line 2 to 17 move to line 92 | |||||||||
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From the command line any external UNIX command can be performed on
the range of lines if line range is superseded by "!": | ||||||||||
| :11,16! sed -e "s/^/\/\*/" -e "s/$/\*\//" | this command wraps the block of text with "C" style comments - /* text */. It can be done easier, but this is an example | |||||||||
| 14,19! sort -r +3 | sort the table in reverse order by fourth column | |||||||||
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| File manipulation from the command line | ||||||||||
| r | somefile - read in "somefile" | |||||||||
| x | save and exit (if file is "Read Only", this command will exit without saving) | |||||||||
| wq | write and quit (same as above) | |||||||||
| w | write (save) if the file permissions allow it | |||||||||
| w! | save file even if it is read-only as long as we own it | |||||||||
| w somefile | save this file as "somefile" | |||||||||
| q | quit without saving | |||||||||
| q! | quit without saving if changes were made | |||||||||
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| Text input commands (all require "Esc" to terminate) | ||||||||||
| i | insert text before the character cursor is on | |||||||||
| I | insert text at the beginning of the line | |||||||||
| a | append (insert text after the character cursor is on) | |||||||||
| A | append text to the end of the line | |||||||||
| c | change (replace previous text with new one) takes arguments just like the delete command - it is a fast and powerful way of changing original text - much more so than typical "overwrite" | |||||||||
| R | start overwriting text | |||||||||
| o | start entering text at the beginning of the new line below the cursor | |||||||||
| O | start entering text at the beginning of the new line above the cursor | |||||||||
| "Esc" | if in doubt, press | |||||||||
| Jim Calder jdcalder@bigfoot.com jdcalder@yahoo.com |
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