SCRATCHPAD - Neovim cheatsheet

day-1.md

Neovim Day 1 Cheatsheet

Modes

• ESC - Return to NORMAL mode
• i - Enter INSERT mode (insert before cursor)
• v - Enter VISUAL mode
• A - Enter INSERT mode at end of line

Basic Movement (in NORMAL mode)

• h j k l - Left, down, up, right
• w - Next word
• b - Previous word
• 0 - Start of line
• $ - End of line
• gg - Top of file
• G - Bottom of file

Basic Editing

• dd - Delete line
• x - Delete character under cursor
• u - Undo
• CTRL+r - Redo
• o - New line below (enter INSERT mode)
• O - New line above (enter INSERT mode)

Copy & Paste

• yy - Copy line
• p - Paste after cursor
• P - Paste before cursor
• ]p - Paste on new line below with proper indentation

Text Objects (in NORMAL mode)

• di" - Delete inside quotes
• ci( - Change inside parentheses
• ya{ - Yank (copy) around curly braces

Search

• /pattern - Search forward
• n - Next occurrence
• N - Previous occurrence
• :noh or ESC ESC - Clear search highlighting

File Explorer (netrw)

• :Ex - Open file explorer
• - - Go up directory
• Enter - Open file/directory
• d - Create directory
• % - Create file
• :bd or CTRL+^ - Exit file explorer

Save & Quit

• :w - Save
• :q - Quit
• :wq - Save and quit
• :q! - Quit without saving