Exit like a pro #

• Save and exit => ZZ.
• Save without saving => ZQ.

Select inside () (Bracket) and {} (Curly Bracket) #

• Select within () => vib.
• Select within {} => viB.

Edit multiple lines at once #

Step by step to insert at the beginning of the line:

1. Ctrl+v to get visual mode.
2. I to insert mode.
3. Enter your HTML tag <p>.
4. ESC.

Step by step to insert at the end of the line:

1. Ctrl+v to get the visual mode and select each line.
2. $ sign to select to the end of paragraph.
3. A to append the closing tag </p>.
4. ESC.

# AFTER
<p>paragraph one</p>
<p>paragraph two</p>
<p>paragraph three</p>
<p>paragraph four</p>
<p>paragraph five</p>
<p>paragraph six</p>
<p>paragraph seven</p>

# BEFORE
paragraph one
paragraph two
paragraph three
paragraph four
paragraph five
paragraph six
paragraph seven

Toggle between uppercase and lowercase #

• Use ~ to toggle the beginning character of the word.
• Use g + ~ + $ to toggle to the end of paragraph.

Reindent the whole file #

Press gg to go to the top, then = and G to the bottom of the file.

Jump between (), [], {}, etc #

Use the % sign to jump between those braces.

Suspend and restore vim #

• Press Ctrl+z to suspend vim in the background.
• Type command fg to access vim.

Open URL or file under the cursor #

• Move your cursor under the URL and press gx to open in the default browser.
• For file, do the same and replace with the gf.

Using vim mark and return to it #

Step by step to mark location:

1. Type m to mark the current line.
2. Type a as the identifier. You can change a with any identidier.

Step by step to return to marked line:

1. Press ' or single quote.
2. Press the identifier, for example a.

If you want to mark and jump of different file, use A as identifier. So:

• m and A.
• ' and A.

Jump to specific line number #

Enter the line number, such as 12, then G.

Join lines #

Use J to join two lines into single line.