Vim
How-To
Run a command based on selected text
By selecting text in visual mode, you can run a terminal command on that selection as input, with the output being put back into the current buffer.
Reference
Keybindings
Basic Movement
| Key | Action |
| H | Move cursor left |
| J | Move cursor down |
| K | Move cursor up |
| L | Move cursor right |
| G+J | Move cursor down (multi-line text) |
| G+K | Move cursor up (multi-line text) |
Screen Navigation
| Key | Action |
| Shift+H | Move to top of screen |
| Shift+M | Move to middle of screen |
| Shift+L | Move to bottom of screen |
| Z+Z | Center cursor on screen |
| Z+T | Position cursor on top of the screen |
| Z+B | Position cursor on bottom of the screen |
Word Movement
| Key | Action |
| W | Jump forwards to the start of a word |
| Shift+W | Jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
| E | Jump forwards to the end of a word |
| Shift+E | Jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
| B | Jump backwards to the start of a word |
| Shift+B | Jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
| G+E | Jump backwards to the end of a word |
| G+Shift+E | Jump backwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
Line Navigation
| Key | Action |
| 0 | Jump to the start of the line |
| _ | Jump to the first non-blank character of the line |
| ++dollar++ | Jump to the end of the line |
| G+_ | Jump to the last non-blank character of the line |
Document Navigation
| Key | Action |
| G+G | Go to the first line of the document |
| Shift+G | Go to the last line of the document |
| 5+G+G or 5+Shift+G | Go to line 5 |
| G+D | Move to local declaration |
| G+Shift+D | Move to global declaration |
Character Search
| Key | Action |
| F+X | Jump to next occurrence of character x |
| T+X | Jump to before next occurrence of character x |
| Shift+F+X | Jump to the previous occurrence of character x |
| Shift+T+X | Jump to after previous occurrence of character x |
| ; | Repeat previous f, t, F or T movement |
| , | Repeat previous f, t, F or T movement, backwards |
Block/Paragraph Navigation
| Key | Action |
| ++right-brace++ | Jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) |
| ++left-brace++ | Jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) |
| ++percent++ | Move cursor to matching character (default supported pairs: (), {}, [] - use :h matchpairs in Vim for more info) |
| Key | Action |
| Ctrl+E | Move screen down one line (without moving cursor) |
| Ctrl+Y | Move screen up one line (without moving cursor) |
| Ctrl+B | Move screen up one page (cursor to last line) |
| Ctrl+F | Move screen down one page (cursor to first line) |
| Ctrl+U | Move cursor and screen up 1/2 page |
| Ctrl+D | Move cursor and screen down 1/2 page |
Run a command in the shell from vim
:! command argument