VIM/NVIM Commands for Reference

In this post, I will capture all the common commands I use often so that I do not have to do google search every-time I want to type something in NVIM

General Commands

• To delete a line - dd
• To delete a word - dw
• To delete from cursor to end of line - d$ or D
• To move the cursor to particular line number - :n where n can be any number
• To copy (yank) multiple characters based on selection
  • Go to visual mode by v
  • Move your cursor to select the characters/lines
  • To copy the selected lines y. This will only copy to VIM’s clipboard.
• To delete multiple characters (or lines) based on selection
  • Go to visual mode by v
  • Move your cursor to select the characters/lines
  • To delete the selected lines d
• To paste the copied (yanked) text - p
• To go to the end of line - $
• To go to the beginning of line - ^
• To move one word at a time - w
• To delete a single character - x
• To go to the corresponding closing bracket (you need cursor to be on top of opening bracket) - %
• To delete all the characters from the current cursor position till the next occureance of character - dtx where x is the character you wish like dt". So delete till you find ".

NERDTree Plugin

• To cycle through the different panes - Ctrl + w + w

LazyVim

• To Open file explorer - space + e
• To move to the left tab - Shift + H
• To move to the right tab - Shift + L
• To cycle through different panes - ctrl + w + w