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Vim Text Editor Quick Reference

LinuxText Editor

Key	Description
Ctrl+u	Half page up
Ctrl+d	Half page down
Ctrl+b	Full page up
Ctrl+f	Full page down
b	Previous word
w	Next word
ge	End of previous word
e	End of next word
$	End of the line
0	Start of the line
^	Start of the line, at the end of the starting white space
fletter	Moves the cursor forwards to the next instance of the letter pressed. eg. f b will move the cursor to the next letter b on the same line
Fletter	Moves the cursor backwards to the prvious instance of the letter pressed on the same line
tletter	Moves the cursor before the next instance of the letter pressed on the same line
Tletter	Moves the cursor before the previous instance of the letter pressed on the same line
l	Move the cursor forwards 1 on the same line
numberl	Move the cursor forward whatever number pressed on the same line
gg	Move the cursor to the first line of the document
G	Move the cursor to the last line of the document
:numberenter	Move to the numbers line
numberG	Move to the numbers line alternative
H	Move the cursor to the top of the screen
M	Move the cursor to the middle of the screen
L	Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
zt	Scroll the current line to the top of the screen
zz	Scroll the current line to the middle of the screen
zb	Scroll the current line to the bottom of the screen

Key	Description
%	When the cursor is on a [ { ( ) } ] then pressing % will jump the cursor to the opposite of the pair

Folding hides part of the buffer so you can focus on specific sections.

Key	Description
za	Toggle fold open or closed
zo	Open fold
zc	Close fold
zr	Reduce folding level (open more folds)
zm	Increase folding level (close more folds)
zR	Open all folds
zM	Close all folds
zd	Delete the fold under the cursor
zE	Delete all folds