December 2018
Beginner
452 pages
12h 17m
English
To get you started off with some great-to-know commands for Vim, we've incorporated a cheat sheet. After working through vimtutor, having this cheat sheet nearby almost guarantees you can properly use Vim!
Keystrokes are entered directly. Note that the keystrokes are case sensitive, so a is different from A. You can either hold Shift for the capital letters or use the Caps Lock key. However, the most practical approach would be to use Shift:
|
Keystroke |
Effect |
|
Esc |
Exit insert mode, go back to command mode. |
|
i |
Enter insert mode before the current location of the cursor. |
|
a |
Enter insert mode after the current location of the cursor. |
|
I |
Enter insert mode at the beginning of the current line. |
|
A |