1*index.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Sep 07 2 3 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 5 6 *index* 7This file contains a list of all commands for each mode, with a tag and a 8short description. The lists are sorted on ASCII value. 9 10Tip: When looking for certain functionality, use a search command. E.g., 11to look for deleting something, use: "/delete". 12 131. Insert mode |insert-index| 142. Normal mode |normal-index| 15 2.1. Text objects |objects| 16 2.2. Window commands |CTRL-W| 17 2.3. Square bracket commands |[| 18 2.4. Commands starting with 'g' |g| 19 2.5. Commands starting with 'z' |z| 203. Visual mode |visual-index| 214. Command-line editing |ex-edit-index| 225. EX commands |ex-cmd-index| 23 24For an overview of options see help.txt |option-list|. 25For an overview of built-in functions see |functions|. 26For a list of Vim variables see |vim-variable|. 27For a complete listing of all help items see |help-tags|. 28 29============================================================================== 301. Insert mode *insert-index* 31 32tag char action ~ 33----------------------------------------------------------------------- 34|i_CTRL-@| CTRL-@ insert previously inserted text and stop 35 insert 36|i_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert previously inserted text 37 CTRL-B not used |i_CTRL-B-gone| 38|i_CTRL-C| CTRL-C quit insert mode, without checking for 39 abbreviation, unless 'insertmode' set. 40|i_CTRL-D| CTRL-D delete one shiftwidth of indent in the current 41 line 42|i_CTRL-E| CTRL-E insert the character which is below the cursor 43 CTRL-F not used (but by default it's in 'cinkeys' to 44 re-indent the current line) 45|i_CTRL-G_j| CTRL-G CTRL-J line down, to column where inserting started 46|i_CTRL-G_j| CTRL-G j line down, to column where inserting started 47|i_CTRL-G_j| CTRL-G <Down> line down, to column where inserting started 48|i_CTRL-G_k| CTRL-G CTRL-K line up, to column where inserting started 49|i_CTRL-G_k| CTRL-G k line up, to column where inserting started 50|i_CTRL-G_k| CTRL-G <Up> line up, to column where inserting started 51|i_CTRL-G_u| CTRL-G u start new undoable edit 52|i_<BS>| <BS> delete character before the cursor 53|i_digraph| {char1}<BS>{char2} 54 enter digraph (only when 'digraph' option set) 55|i_CTRL-H| CTRL-H same as <BS> 56|i_<Tab>| <Tab> insert a <Tab> character 57|i_CTRL-I| CTRL-I same as <Tab> 58|i_<NL>| <NL> same as <CR> 59|i_CTRL-J| CTRL-J same as <CR> 60|i_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 61 enter digraph 62|i_CTRL-L| CTRL-L when 'insertmode' set: Leave Insert mode 63|i_<CR>| <CR> begin new line 64|i_CTRL-M| CTRL-M same as <CR> 65|i_CTRL-N| CTRL-N find next match for keyword in front of the 66 cursor 67|i_CTRL-O| CTRL-O execute a single command and return to insert 68 mode 69|i_CTRL-P| CTRL-P find previous match for keyword in front of 70 the cursor 71|i_CTRL-Q| CTRL-Q same as CTRL-V, unless used for terminal 72 control flow 73|i_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:=} 74 insert the contents of a register 75|i_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| CTRL-R CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:=} 76 insert the contents of a register literally 77|i_CTRL-R_CTRL-O| CTRL-R CTRL-O {0-9a-z"%#*:=} 78 insert the contents of a register literally 79 and don't auto-indent 80|i_CTRL-R_CTRL-P| CTRL-R CTRL-P {0-9a-z"%#*:=} 81 insert the contents of a register literally 82 and fix indent. 83 CTRL-S (used for terminal control flow) 84|i_CTRL-T| CTRL-T insert one shiftwidth of indent in current 85 line 86|i_CTRL-U| CTRL-U delete all entered characters in the current 87 line 88|i_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char} insert next non-digit literally 89|i_CTRL-V_digit| CTRL-V {number} insert three digit decimal number as a single 90 byte. 91|i_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete word before the cursor 92|i_CTRL-X| CTRL-X {mode} enter CTRL-X sub mode, see |i_CTRL-X_index| 93|i_CTRL-Y| CTRL-Y insert the character which is above the cursor 94|i_CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z when 'insertmode' set: suspend Vim 95|i_<Esc>| <Esc> end insert mode (unless 'insertmode' set) 96|i_CTRL-[| CTRL-[ same as <Esc> 97|i_CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N go to Normal mode 98|i_CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode' 99 CTRL-\ a - z reserved for extensions 100 CTRL-\ others not used 101|i_CTRL-]| CTRL-] trigger abbreviation 102|i_CTRL-^| CTRL-^ toggle use of |:lmap| mappings 103|i_CTRL-_| CTRL-_ When 'allowrevins' set: change language 104 (Hebrew, Farsi) {only when compiled with 105 +rightleft feature} 106 107 <Space> to '~' not used, except '0' and '^' followed by 108 CTRL-D 109 110|i_0_CTRL-D| 0 CTRL-D delete all indent in the current line 111|i_^_CTRL-D| ^ CTRL-D delete all indent in the current line, restore 112 it in the next line 113 114|i_<Del>| <Del> delete character under the cursor 115 116 Meta characters (0x80 to 0xff, 128 to 255) 117 not used 118 119|i_<Left>| <Left> cursor one character left 120|i_<S-Left>| <S-Left> cursor one word left 121|i_<C-Left>| <C-Left> cursor one word left 122|i_<Right>| <Right> cursor one character right 123|i_<S-Right>| <S-Right> cursor one word right 124|i_<C-Right>| <C-Right> cursor one word right 125|i_<Up>| <Up> cursor one line up 126|i_<S-Up>| <S-Up> same as <PageUp> 127|i_<Down>| <Down> cursor one line down 128|i_<S-Down>| <S-Down> same as <PageDown> 129|i_<Home>| <Home> cursor to start of line 130|i_<C-Home>| <C-Home> cursor to start of file 131|i_<End>| <End> cursor past end of line 132|i_<C-End>| <C-End> cursor past end of file 133|i_<PageUp>| <PageUp> one screenful backward 134|i_<PageDown>| <PageDown> one screenful forward 135|i_<F1>| <F1> same as <Help> 136|i_<Help>| <Help> stop insert mode and display help window 137|i_<Insert>| <Insert> toggle Insert/Replace mode 138|i_<LeftMouse>| <LeftMouse> cursor at mouse click 139|i_<MouseDown>| <MouseDown> scroll three lines downwards 140|i_<S-MouseDown>| <S-MouseDown> scroll a full page downwards 141|i_<MouseUp>| <MouseUp> scroll three lines upwards 142|i_<S-MouseUp>| <S-MouseUp> scroll a full page upwards 143 144commands in CTRL-X submode *i_CTRL-X_index* 145 146|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D| CTRL-X CTRL-D complete defined identifiers 147|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E| CTRL-X CTRL-E scroll up 148|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F| CTRL-X CTRL-F complete file names 149|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I| CTRL-X CTRL-I complete identifiers 150|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| CTRL-X CTRL-K complete identifiers from dictionary 151|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L| CTRL-X CTRL-L complete whole lines 152|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N| CTRL-X CTRL-N next completion 153|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-P| CTRL-X CTRL-P previous completion 154|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| CTRL-X CTRL-T complete identifiers from thesaurus 155|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-Y| CTRL-X CTRL-Y scroll down 156|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U| CTRL-X CTRL-U complete with 'completefunc' 157|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V| CTRL-X CTRL-V complete like in : command line 158|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| CTRL-X CTRL-] complete tags 159{not available when compiled without the +insert_expand feature} 160 161============================================================================== 1622. Normal mode *normal-index* 163 164CHAR any non-blank character 165WORD a sequence of non-blank characters 166N a number entered before the command 167{motion} a cursor movement command 168Nmove the text that is moved over with a {motion} 169SECTION a section that possibly starts with '}' instead of '{' 170 171note: 1 = cursor movement command; 2 = can be undone/redone 172 173tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 174------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 175 CTRL-@ not used 176|CTRL-A| CTRL-A 2 add N to number at/after cursor 177|CTRL-B| CTRL-B 1 scroll N screens Backwards 178|CTRL-C| CTRL-C interrupt current (search) command 179|CTRL-D| CTRL-D scroll Down N lines (default: half a screen) 180|CTRL-E| CTRL-E scroll N lines upwards (N lines Extra) 181|CTRL-F| CTRL-F 1 scroll N screens Forward 182|CTRL-G| CTRL-G display current file name and position 183|<BS>| <BS> 1 same as "h" 184|CTRL-H| CTRL-H 1 same as "h" 185|<Tab>| <Tab> 1 go to N newer entry in jump list 186|CTRL-I| CTRL-I 1 same as <Tab> 187|<NL>| <NL> 1 same as "j" 188|CTRL-J| CTRL-J 1 same as "j" 189 CTRL-K not used 190|CTRL-L| CTRL-L redraw screen 191|<CR>| <CR> 1 cursor to the first CHAR N lines lower 192|CTRL-M| CTRL-M 1 same as <CR> 193|CTRL-N| CTRL-N 1 same as "j" 194|CTRL-O| CTRL-O 1 go to N older entry in jump list 195|CTRL-P| CTRL-P 1 same as "k" 196 CTRL-Q (used for terminal control flow) 197|CTRL-R| CTRL-R 2 redo changes which were undone with 'u' 198 CTRL-S (used for terminal control flow) 199|CTRL-T| CTRL-T jump to N older Tag in tag list 200|CTRL-U| CTRL-U scroll N lines Upwards (default: half a 201 screen) 202|CTRL-V| CTRL-V start blockwise Visual mode 203|CTRL-W| CTRL-W {char} window commands, see |CTRL-W| 204|CTRL-X| CTRL-X 2 subtract N from number at/after cursor 205|CTRL-Y| CTRL-Y scroll N lines downwards 206|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z suspend program (or start new shell) 207 CTRL-[ <Esc> not used 208|CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N go to Normal mode (no-op) 209|CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode' 210 CTRL-\ a - z reserved for extensions 211 CTRL-\ others not used 212|CTRL-]| CTRL-] :ta to ident under cursor 213|CTRL-^| CTRL-^ edit Nth alternate file (equivalent to 214 ":e #N") 215 CTRL-_ not used 216 217|<Space>| <Space> 1 same as "l" 218|!| !{motion}{filter} 219 2 filter Nmove text through the {filter} 220 command 221|!!| !!{filter} 2 filter N lines through the {filter} command 222|quote| "{a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} use register {a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} for next 223 delete, yank or put (uppercase to append) 224 ({.%#:} only work with put) 225|#| # 1 search backward for the Nth occurrence of 226 the ident under the cursor 227|$| $ 1 cursor to the end of Nth next line 228|%| % 1 find the next (curly/square) bracket on 229 this line and go to its match, or go to 230 matching comment bracket, or go to matching 231 preprocessor directive. 232|N%| {count}% 1 go to N percentage in the file 233|&| & 2 repeat last :s 234|'| '{a-zA-Z0-9} 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line with 235 mark {a-zA-Z0-9} 236|''| '' 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 237 the cursor was before the latest jump. 238|'(| '( 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 239 start of the current sentence 240|')| ') 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 241 end of the current sentence 242|'<| '< 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 243 highlighted area starts/started in the 244 current buffer. 245|'>| '> 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 246 highlighted area ends/ended in the current 247 buffer. 248|'[| '[ 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 249 start of last operated text or start of put 250 text 251|']| '] 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 252 end of last operated text or end of put 253 text 254|'{| '{ 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 255 start of the current paragraph 256|'}| '} 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 257 end of the current paragraph 258|(| ( 1 cursor N sentences backward 259|)| ) 1 cursor N sentences forward 260|star| * 1 search forward for the Nth occurrence of 261 the ident under the cursor 262|+| + 1 same as <CR> 263|,| , 1 repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite 264 direction N times 265|-| - 1 cursor to the first CHAR N lines higher 266|.| . 2 repeat last change with count replaced with 267 N 268|/| /{pattern}<CR> 1 search forward for the Nth occurrence of 269 {pattern} 270|/<CR>| /<CR> 1 search forward for {pattern} of last search 271|count| 0 1 cursor to the first char of the line 272|count| 1 prepend to command to give a count 273|count| 2 " 274|count| 3 " 275|count| 4 " 276|count| 5 " 277|count| 6 " 278|count| 7 " 279|count| 8 " 280|count| 9 " 281|:| : 1 start entering an Ex command 282|N:| {count}: start entering an Ex command with range 283 from current line to N-1 lines down 284|;| ; 1 repeat latest f, t, F or T N times 285|<| <{motion} 2 shift Nmove lines one 'shiftwidth' 286 leftwards 287|<<| << 2 shift N lines one 'shiftwidth' leftwards 288|=| ={motion} 2 filter Nmove lines through "indent" 289|==| == 2 filter N lines through "indent" 290|>| >{motion} 2 shift Nmove lines one 'shiftwidth' 291 rightwards 292|>>| >> 2 shift N lines one 'shiftwidth' rightwards 293|?| ?{pattern}<CR> 1 search backward for the Nth previous 294 occurrence of {pattern} 295|?<CR>| ?<CR> 1 search backward for {pattern} of last search 296|@| @{a-z} 2 execute the contents of register {a-z} 297 N times 298|@:| @: repeat the previous ":" command N times 299|@@| @@ 2 repeat the previous @{a-z} N times 300|A| A 2 append text after the end of the line N times 301|B| B 1 cursor N WORDS backward 302|C| ["x]C 2 change from the cursor position to the end 303 of the line, and N-1 more lines [into 304 buffer x]; synonym for "c$" 305|D| ["x]D 2 delete the characters under the cursor 306 until the end of the line and N-1 more 307 lines [into buffer x]; synonym for "d$" 308|E| E 1 cursor forward to the end of WORD N 309|F| F{char} 1 cursor to the Nth occurrence of {char} to 310 the left 311|G| G 1 cursor to line N, default last line 312|H| H 1 cursor to line N from top of screen 313|I| I 2 insert text before the first CHAR on the 314 line N times 315|J| J 2 Join N lines; default is 2 316|K| K lookup Keyword under the cursor with 317 'keywordprg' 318|L| L 1 cursor to line N from bottom of screen 319|M| M 1 cursor to middle line of screen 320|N| N 1 repeat the latest '/' or '?' N times in 321 opposite direction 322|O| O 2 begin a new line above the cursor and 323 insert text, repeat N times 324|P| ["x]P 2 put the text [from buffer x] before the 325 cursor N times 326|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 327|R| R 2 enter replace mode: overtype existing 328 characters, repeat the entered text N-1 329 times 330|S| ["x]S 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] and start 331 insert; synonym for "^cc" or "0cc", 332 depending on autoindent 333|T| T{char} 1 cursor till after Nth occurrence of {char} 334 to the left 335|U| U 2 undo all latest changes on one line 336|V| V start linewise Visual mode 337|W| W 1 cursor N WORDS forward 338|X| ["x]X 2 delete N characters before the cursor [into 339 buffer x] 340|Y| ["x]Y yank N lines [into buffer x]; synonym for 341 "yy" 342|ZZ| ZZ store current file if modified, and exit 343|ZQ| ZQ exit current file always 344|[| [{char} square bracket command (see below) 345 \ not used 346|]| ]{char} square bracket command (see below) 347|^| ^ 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line 348|_| _ 1 cursor to the first CHAR N - 1 lines lower 349|`| `{a-zA-Z0-9} 1 cursor to the mark {a-zA-Z0-9} 350|`(| `( 1 cursor to the start of the current sentence 351|`)| `) 1 cursor to the end of the current sentence 352|`<| `< 1 cursor to the start of the highlighted area 353|`>| `> 1 cursor to the end of the highlighted area 354|`[| `[ 1 cursor to the start of last operated text 355 or start of putted text 356|`]| `] 1 cursor to the end of last operated text or 357 end of putted text 358|``| `` 1 cursor to the position before latest jump 359|`{| `{ 1 cursor to the start of the current paragraph 360|`}| `} 1 cursor to the end of the current paragraph 361|a| a 2 append text after the cursor N times 362|b| b 1 cursor N words backward 363|c| ["x]c{motion} 2 delete Nmove text [into buffer x] and start 364 insert 365|cc| ["x]cc 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] and start 366 insert 367|d| ["x]d{motion} 2 delete Nmove text [into buffer x] 368|dd| ["x]dd 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] 369|do| do 2 same as ":diffget" 370|dp| dp 2 same as ":diffput" 371|e| e 1 cursor forward to the end of word N 372|f| f{char} 1 cursor to Nth occurrence of {char} to the 373 right 374|g| g{char} extended commands, see below 375|h| h 1 cursor N chars to the left 376|i| i 2 insert text before the cursor N times 377|j| j 1 cursor N lines downward 378|k| k 1 cursor N lines upward 379|l| l 1 cursor N chars to the right 380|m| m{A-Za-z} set mark {A-Za-z} at cursor position 381|n| n 1 repeat the latest '/' or '?' N times 382|o| o 2 begin a new line below the cursor and 383 insert text, repeat N times 384|p| ["x]p 2 put the text [from register x] after the 385 cursor N times 386|q| q{0-9a-zA-Z"} record typed characters into named register 387 {0-9a-zA-Z"} (uppercase to append) 388|q| q (while recording) stops recording 389|q:| q: edit : command-line in command-line window 390|q/| q/ edit / command-line in command-line window 391|q?| q? edit ? command-line in command-line window 392|r| r{char} 2 replace N chars with {char} 393|s| ["x]s 2 (substitute) delete N characters [into 394 buffer x] and start insert 395|t| t{char} 1 cursor till before Nth occurrence of {char} 396 to the right 397|u| u 2 undo changes 398|v| v start characterwise Visual mode 399|w| w 1 cursor N words forward 400|x| ["x]x 2 delete N characters under and after the 401 cursor [into buffer x] 402|y| ["x]y{motion} yank Nmove text [into buffer x] 403|yy| ["x]yy yank N lines [into buffer x] 404|z| z{char} commands starting with 'z', see below 405|{| { 1 cursor N paragraphs backward 406|bar| | 1 cursor to column N 407|}| } 1 cursor N paragraphs forward 408|~| ~ 2 'tildeop' off: switch case of N characters 409 under cursor and move the cursor N 410 characters to the right 411|~| ~{motion} 'tildeop' on: switch case of Nmove text 412|<C-End>| <C-End> 1 same as "G" 413|<C-Home>| <C-Home> 1 same as "gg" 414|<C-Left>| <C-Left> 1 same as "b" 415|<C-LeftMouse>| <C-LeftMouse> ":ta" to the keyword at the mouse click 416|<C-Right>| <C-Right> 1 same as "w" 417|<C-RightMouse>| <C-RightMouse> same as "CTRL-T" 418|<Del>| ["x]<Del> 2 same as "x" 419|N<Del>| {count}<Del> remove the last digit from {count} 420|<Down>| <Down> 1 same as "j" 421|<End>| <End> 1 same as "$" 422|<F1>| <F1> same as <Help> 423|<Help>| <Help> open a help window 424|<Home>| <Home> 1 same as "0" 425|<Insert>| <Insert> 2 same as "i" 426|<Left>| <Left> 1 same as "h" 427|<LeftMouse>| <LeftMouse> 1 move cursor to the mouse click position 428|<MiddleMouse>| <MiddleMouse> 2 same as "P" at the mouse click position 429|<PageDown>| <PageDown> same as CTRL-F 430|<PageUp>| <PageUp> same as CTRL-B 431|<Right>| <Right> 1 same as "l" 432|<RightMouse>| <RightMouse> start Visual mode, move cursor to the mouse 433 click position 434|<S-Down>| <S-Down> 1 same as CTRL-F 435|<S-Left>| <S-Left> 1 same as "b" 436|<S-LeftMouse>| <S-LeftMouse> same as "*" at the mouse click position 437|<S-Right>| <S-Right> 1 same as "w" 438|<S-RightMouse>| <S-RightMouse> same as "#" at the mouse click position 439|<S-Up>| <S-Up> 1 same as CTRL-B 440|<Undo>| <Undo> 2 same as "u" 441|<Up>| <Up> 1 same as "k" 442|<MouseDown>| <MouseDown> scroll three lines downwards 443|<S-MouseDown>| <S-MouseDown> scroll a full page downwards 444|<MouseUp>| <MouseUp> scroll three lines upwards 445|<S-MouseUp>| <S-MouseUp> scroll a full page upwards 446 447============================================================================== 4482.1 Text objects *objects* 449 450These can be used after an operator or in Visual mode to select an object. 451 452tag command action in Normal mode ~ 453------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 454|v_aquote| a" double quoted string 455|v_a'| a' single quoted string 456|v_a(| a( same as ab 457|v_a)| a) same as ab 458|v_a<| a< "a <>" from '<' to the matching '>' 459|v_a>| a> same as a< 460|v_aB| aB "a Block" from "[{" to "]}" (with brackets) 461|v_aW| aW "a WORD" (with white space) 462|v_a[| a[ "a []" from '[' to the matching ']' 463|v_a]| a] same as a[ 464|v_a`| a` string in backticks 465|v_ab| ab "a block" from "[(" to "])" (with braces) 466|v_ap| ap "a paragraph" (with white space) 467|v_as| as "a sentence" (with white space) 468|v_aw| aw "a word" (with white space) 469|v_a{| a{ same as aB 470|v_a}| a} same as aB 471|v_iquote| i" double quoted string without the quotes 472|v_i'| i' single quoted string without the quotes 473|v_i(| i( same as ib 474|v_i)| i) same as ib 475|v_i<| i< "inner <>" from '<' to the matching '>' 476|v_i>| i> same as i< 477|v_iB| iB "inner Block" from "[{" and "]}" 478|v_iW| iW "inner WORD" 479|v_i[| i[ "inner []" from '[' to the matching ']' 480|v_i]| i] same as i[ 481|v_i`| i` string in backticks without the backticks 482|v_ib| ib "inner block" from "[(" to "])" 483|v_ip| ip "inner paragraph" 484|v_is| is "inner sentence" 485|v_iw| iw "inner word" 486|v_i{| i{ same as iB 487|v_i}| i} same as iB 488 489============================================================================== 4902.2 Window commands *CTRL-W* 491 492tag command action in Normal mode ~ 493------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 494|CTRL-W_CTRL-B| CTRL-W CTRL-B same as "CTRL-W b" 495|CTRL-W_CTRL-C| CTRL-W CTRL-C same as "CTRL-W c" 496|CTRL-W_CTRL-D| CTRL-W CTRL-D same as "CTRL-W d" 497|CTRL-W_CTRL-F| CTRL-W CTRL-F same as "CTRL-W f" 498 CTRL-W CTRL-G same as "CTRL-W g .." 499|CTRL-W_CTRL-H| CTRL-W CTRL-H same as "CTRL-W h" 500|CTRL-W_CTRL-I| CTRL-W CTRL-I same as "CTRL-W i" 501|CTRL-W_CTRL-J| CTRL-W CTRL-J same as "CTRL-W j" 502|CTRL-W_CTRL-K| CTRL-W CTRL-K same as "CTRL-W k" 503|CTRL-W_CTRL-L| CTRL-W CTRL-L same as "CTRL-W l" 504|CTRL-W_CTRL-N| CTRL-W CTRL-N same as "CTRL-W n" 505|CTRL-W_CTRL-O| CTRL-W CTRL-O same as "CTRL-W o" 506|CTRL-W_CTRL-P| CTRL-W CTRL-P same as "CTRL-W p" 507|CTRL-W_CTRL-Q| CTRL-W CTRL-Q same as "CTRL-W q" 508|CTRL-W_CTRL-R| CTRL-W CTRL-R same as "CTRL-W r" 509|CTRL-W_CTRL-S| CTRL-W CTRL-S same as "CTRL-W s" 510|CTRL-W_CTRL-T| CTRL-W CTRL-T same as "CTRL-W t" 511|CTRL-W_CTRL-V| CTRL-W CTRL-V same as "CTRL-W v" 512|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W same as "CTRL-W w" 513|CTRL-W_CTRL-X| CTRL-W CTRL-X same as "CTRL-W x" 514|CTRL-W_CTRL-Z| CTRL-W CTRL-Z same as "CTRL-W z" 515|CTRL-W_CTRL-]| CTRL-W CTRL-] same as "CTRL-W ]" 516|CTRL-W_CTRL-^| CTRL-W CTRL-^ same as "CTRL-W ^" 517|CTRL-W_CTRL-_| CTRL-W CTRL-_ same as "CTRL-W _" 518|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + increase current window height N lines 519|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - decrease current window height N lines 520|CTRL-W_<| CTRL-W < decrease current window width N columns 521|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = make all windows the same height 522|CTRL-W_>| CTRL-W > increase current window width N columns 523|CTRL-W_H| CTRL-W H move current window to the far left 524|CTRL-W_J| CTRL-W J move current window to the very bottom 525|CTRL-W_K| CTRL-W K move current window to the very top 526|CTRL-W_L| CTRL-W L move current window to the far right 527|CTRL-W_P| CTRL-W P go to preview window 528|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R rotate windows upwards N times 529|CTRL-W_S| CTRL-W S same as "CTRL-W s" 530|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W go to N previous window (wrap around) 531|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] split window and jump to tag under cursor 532|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ split current window and edit alternate 533 file N 534|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ set current window height to N (default: 535 very high) 536|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b go to bottom window 537|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c close current window (like |:close|) 538|CTRL-W_d| CTRL-W d split window and jump to definition under 539 the cursor 540|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f split window and edit file name under the 541 cursor 542|CTRL-W_g_CTRL-]| CTRL-W g CTRL-] split window and do |:tjump| to tag under 543 cursor 544|CTRL-W_g]| CTRL-W g ] split window and do |:tselect| for tag 545 under cursor 546|CTRL-W_g}| CTRL-W g } do a |:ptjump| to the tag under the cursor 547|CTRL-W_h| CTRL-W h go to Nth left window (stop at first window) 548|CTRL-W_i| CTRL-W i split window and jump to declaration of 549 identifier under the cursor 550|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j go N windows down (stop at last window) 551|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k go N windows up (stop at first window) 552|CTRL-W_l| CTRL-W l go to Nth right window (stop at last window) 553|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n open new window, N lines high 554|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o close all but current window (like |:only|) 555|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p go to previous (last accessed) window 556|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q quit current window (like |:quit|) 557|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r rotate windows downwards N times 558|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s split current window in two parts, new 559 window N lines high 560|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t go to top window 561|CTRL-W_v| CTRL-W v split current window vertically, new window 562 N lines wide 563|CTRL-W_w| CTRL-W w go to N next window (wrap around) 564|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x exchange current window with window N 565 (default: next window) 566|CTRL-W_z| CTRL-W z close preview window 567|CTRL-W_bar| CTRL-W | set window width to N columns 568|CTRL-W_}| CTRL-W } show tag under cursor in preview window 569|CTRL-W_<Down>| CTRL-W <Down> same as "CTRL-W j" 570|CTRL-W_<Up>| CTRL-W <Up> same as "CTRL-W k" 571|CTRL-W_<Left>| CTRL-W <Left> same as "CTRL-W h" 572|CTRL-W_<Right>| CTRL-W <Right> same as "CTRL-W l" 573 574============================================================================== 5752.3 Square bracket commands *[* *]* 576 577tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 578------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 579|[_CTRL-D| [ CTRL-D jump to first #define found in current and 580 included files matching the word under the 581 cursor, start searching at beginning of 582 current file 583|[_CTRL-I| [ CTRL-I jump to first line in current and included 584 files that contains the word under the 585 cursor, start searching at beginning of 586 current file 587|[#| [# 1 cursor to N previous unmatched #if, #else 588 or #ifdef 589|['| [' 1 cursor to previous lowercase mark, on first 590 non-blank 591|[(| [( 1 cursor N times back to unmatched '(' 592|[star| [* 1 same as "[/" 593|[`| [` 1 cursor to previous lowercase mark 594|[/| [/ 1 cursor to N previous start of a C comment 595|[D| [D list all defines found in current and 596 included files matching the word under the 597 cursor, start searching at beginning of 598 current file 599|[I| [I list all lines found in current and 600 included files that contain the word under 601 the cursor, start searching at beginning of 602 current file 603|[P| [P 2 same as "[p" 604|[[| [[ 1 cursor N sections backward 605|[]| [] 1 cursor N SECTIONS backward 606|[c| [c 1 cursor N times backwards to start of change 607|[d| [d show first #define found in current and 608 included files matching the word under the 609 cursor, start searching at beginning of 610 current file 611|[f| [f same as "gf" 612|[i| [i show first line found in current and 613 included files that contains the word under 614 the cursor, start searching at beginning of 615 current file 616|[p| [p 2 like "P", but adjust indent to current line 617|[m| [m 1 cursor N times back to start of member 618 function 619|[z| [z 1 move to start of open fold 620|[{| [{ 1 cursor N times back to unmatched '{' 621|[<MiddleMouse> [<MiddleMouse> 2 same as "[p" 622 623|]_CTRL-D| ] CTRL-D jump to first #define found in current and 624 included files matching the word under the 625 cursor, start searching at cursor position 626|]_CTRL-I| ] CTRL-I jump to first line in current and included 627 files that contains the word under the 628 cursor, start searching at cursor position 629|]#| ]# 1 cursor to N next unmatched #endif or #else 630|]'| ]' 1 cursor to next lowercase mark, on first 631 non-blank 632|])| ]) 1 cursor N times forward to unmatched ')' 633|]star| ]* 1 same as "]/" 634|]`| ]` 1 cursor to next lowercase mark 635|]/| ]/ 1 cursor to N next end of a C comment 636|]D| ]D list all #defines found in current and 637 included files matching the word under the 638 cursor, start searching at cursor position 639|]I| ]I list all lines found in current and 640 included files that contain the word under 641 the cursor, start searching at cursor 642 position 643|]P| ]P 2 same as "[p" 644|][| ][ 1 cursor N SECTIONS forward 645|]]| ]] 1 cursor N sections forward 646|]c| ]c 1 cursor N times forward to start of change 647|]d| ]d show first #define found in current and 648 included files matching the word under the 649 cursor, start searching at cursor position 650|]f| ]f same as "gf" 651|]i| ]i show first line found in current and 652 included files that contains the word under 653 the cursor, start searching at cursor 654 position 655|]p| ]p 2 like "p", but adjust indent to current line 656|]m| ]m 1 cursor N times forward to end of member 657 function 658|]z| ]z 1 move to end of open fold 659|]}| ]} 1 cursor N times forward to unmatched '}' 660|]<MiddleMouse> ]<MiddleMouse> 2 same as "]p" 661 662============================================================================== 6632.4 Commands starting with 'g' *g* 664 665tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 666------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 667|g_CTRL-A| g CTRL-A only when compiled with MEM_PROFILE 668 defined: dump a memory profile 669|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show information about current cursor 670 position 671|g_CTRL-H| g CTRL-H start Select block mode 672|g_CTRL-]| g CTRL-] |:tjump| to the tag under the cursor 673|g#| g# 1 like "#", but without using "\<" and "\>" 674|g$| g$ 1 when 'wrap' off go to rightmost character of 675 the current line that is on the screen; 676 when 'wrap' on go to the rightmost character 677 of the current screen line 678|g&| g& 2 repeat last ":s" on all lines 679|g'| g'{mark} 1 like |'| but without changing the jumplist 680|g`| g`{mark} 1 like |`| but without changing the jumplist 681|gstar| g* 1 like "*", but without using "\<" and "\>" 682|g0| g0 1 when 'wrap' off go to leftmost character of 683 the current line that is on the screen; 684 when 'wrap' on go to the leftmost character 685 of the current screen line 686|g8| g8 print hex value of bytes used in UTF-8 687 character under the cursor 688|g?| g? 2 Rot13 encoding operator 689|g?g?| g?? 2 Rot13 encode current line 690|g?g?| g?g? 2 Rot13 encode current line 691|gD| gD 1 go to definition of word under the cursor 692 in current file 693|gE| gE 1 go backwards to the end of the previous 694 WORD 695|gH| gH start Select line mode 696|gI| gI 2 like "I", but always start in column 1 697|gJ| gJ 2 join lines without inserting space 698|gP| ["x]gP 2 put the text [from register x] before the 699 cursor N times, leave the cursor after it 700|gR| gR 2 enter Virtual Replace mode 701|gU| gU{motion} 2 make Nmove text uppercase 702|gV| gV don't reselect the previous Visual area 703 when executing a mapping or menu in Select 704 mode 705|g]| g] :tselect on the tag under the cursor 706|g^| g^ 1 when 'wrap' off go to leftmost non-white 707 character of the current line that is on 708 the screen; when 'wrap' on go to the 709 leftmost non-white character of the current 710 screen line 711|ga| ga print ascii value of character under the 712 cursor 713|gd| gd 1 go to definition of word under the cursor 714 in current function 715|ge| ge 1 go backwards to the end of the previous 716 word 717|gf| gf start editing the file whose name is under 718 the cursor 719|gg| gg 1 cursor to line N, default first line 720|gh| gh start Select mode 721|gi| gi 2 like "i", but first move to the |'^| mark 722|gj| gj 1 like "j", but when 'wrap' on go N screen 723 lines down 724|gk| gk 1 like "k", but when 'wrap' on go N screen 725 lines up 726|gm| gm 1 go to character at middle of the screenline 727|go| go 1 cursor to byte N in the buffer 728|gp| ["x]gp 2 put the text [from register x] after the 729 cursor N times, leave the cursor after it 730|gq| gq{motion} 2 format Nmove text 731|gr| gr{char} 2 virtual replace N chars with {char} 732|gs| gs go to sleep for N seconds (default 1) 733|gu| gu{motion} 2 make Nmove text lowercase 734|gv| gv reselect the previous Visual area 735|gw| gw{motion} 2 format Nmove text and keep cursor 736|g~| g~{motion} 2 swap case for Nmove text 737|g<Down>| g<Down> 1 same as "gj" 738|g<End>| g<End> 1 same as "g$" 739|g<Home>| g<Home> 1 same as "g0" 740|g<LeftMouse>| g<LeftMouse> same as <C-LeftMouse> 741 g<MiddleMouse> same as <C-MiddleMouse> 742|g<RightMouse>| g<RightMouse> same as <C-RightMouse> 743|g<Up>| g<Up> 1 same as "gk" 744 745============================================================================== 7462.5 Commands starting with 'z' *z* 747 748tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 749------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 750|z<CR>| z<CR> redraw, cursor line to top of window, 751 cursor on first non-blank 752|zN<CR>| z{height}<CR> redraw, make window {height} lines high 753|z+| z+ cursor on line N (default line below 754 window), otherwise like "z<CR>" 755|z-| z- redraw, cursor line at bottom of window, 756 cursor on first non-blank 757|z.| z. redraw, cursor line to center of window, 758 cursor on first non-blank 759|zA| zA open a closed fold or close an open fold 760 recursively 761|zC| zC close folds recursively 762|zD| zD delete folds recursively 763|zE| zE eliminate all folds 764|zF| zF create a fold for N lines 765|zM| zM set 'foldlevel' to zero 766|zN| zN set 'foldenable' 767|zO| zO open folds recursively 768|zR| zR set 'foldlevel' to the deepest fold 769|zX| zX re-apply 'foldlevel' 770|z^| z^ cursor on line N (default line above 771 window), otherwise like "z-" 772|za| za open a closed fold, close an open fold 773|zb| zb redraw, cursor line at bottom of window 774|zc| zc close a fold 775|zd| zd delete a fold 776|ze| ze when 'wrap' off scroll horizontally to 777 position the cursor at the end (right side) 778 of the screen 779|zf| zf{motion} create a fold for Nmove text 780|zh| zh when 'wrap' off scroll screen N characters 781 to the right 782|zi| zi toggle 'foldenable' 783|zj| zj 1 move to the start of the next fold 784|zk| zk 1 move to the end of the previous fold 785|zl| zl when 'wrap' off scroll screen N characters 786 to the left 787|zm| zm subtract one from 'foldlevel' 788|zn| zn reset 'foldenable' 789|zo| zo open fold 790|zr| zr add one to 'foldlevel' 791|zs| zs when 'wrap' off scroll horizontally to 792 position the cursor at the start (left 793 side) of the screen 794|zt| zt redraw, cursor line at top of window 795|zv| zv open enough folds to view the cursor line 796|zx| zx re-apply 'foldlevel' and do "zv" 797|zz| zz redraw, cursor line at center of window 798|z<Left>| z<Left> same as "zh" 799|z<Right>| z<Right> same as "zl" 800 801============================================================================== 8023. Visual mode *visual-index* 803 804Most commands in Visual mode are the same as in Normal mode. The ones listed 805here are those that are different. 806 807tag command note action in Visual mode ~ 808------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 809|v_CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N stop Visual mode 810|v_CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode' 811|v_CTRL-G| CTRL-G toggle between Visual mode and Select mode 812|v_<BS>| <BS> 2 Select mode: delete highlighted area 813|v_CTRL-H| CTRL-H 2 same as <BS> 814|v_CTRL-O| CTRL-O switch from Select to Visual mode for one 815 command 816|v_CTRL-V| CTRL-V make Visual mode blockwise or stop Visual 817 mode 818|v_CTRL-]| CTRL-] jump to highlighted tag 819|v_!| !{filter} 2 filter the highlighted lines through the 820 external command {filter} 821|v_:| : start a command-line with the highlighted 822 lines as a range 823|v_<| < 2 shift the highlighted lines one 824 'shiftwidth' left 825|v_=| = 2 filter the highlighted lines through the 826 external program given with the 'equalprg' 827 option 828|v_>| > 2 shift the highlighted lines one 829 'shiftwidth' right 830|v_b_A| A 2 block mode: append same text in all lines, 831 after the highlighted area 832|v_C| C 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 833 insert 834|v_D| D 2 delete the highlighted lines 835|v_b_I| I 2 block mode: insert same text in all lines, 836 before the highlighted area 837|v_J| J 2 join the highlighted lines 838|v_K| K run 'keywordprg' on the highlighted area 839|v_O| O Move horizontally to other corner of area. 840 Q does not start Ex mode 841|v_R| R 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 842 insert 843|v_S| S 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 844 insert 845|v_U| U 2 make highlighted area uppercase 846|v_V| V make Visual mode linewise or stop Visual 847 mode 848|v_X| X 2 delete the highlighted lines 849|v_Y| Y yank the highlighted lines 850|v_a(| a( same as ab 851|v_a)| a) same as ab 852|v_a<| a< extend highlighted area with a <> block 853|v_a>| a> same as a< 854|v_aB| aB extend highlighted area with a {} block 855|v_aW| aW extend highlighted area with "a WORD" 856|v_a[| a[ extend highlighted area with a [] block 857|v_a]| a] same as a[ 858|v_ab| ab extend highlighted area with a () block 859|v_ap| ap extend highlighted area with a paragraph 860|v_as| as extend highlighted area with a sentence 861|v_aw| aw extend highlighted area with "a word" 862|v_a{| a{ same as aB 863|v_a}| a} same as aB 864|v_c| c 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 865|v_d| d 2 delete highlighted area 866|v_gJ| gJ 2 join the highlighted lines without 867 inserting spaces 868|v_gq| gq 2 format the highlighted lines 869|v_gv| gv exchange current and previous highlighted 870 area 871|v_i(| i( same as ib 872|v_i)| i) same as ib 873|v_i<| i< extend highlighted area with inner <> block 874|v_i>| i> same as i< 875|v_iB| iB extend highlighted area with inner {} block 876|v_iW| iW extend highlighted area with "inner WORD" 877|v_i[| i[ extend highlighted area with inner [] block 878|v_i]| i] same as i[ 879|v_ib| ib extend highlighted area with inner () block 880|v_ip| ip extend highlighted area with inner paragraph 881|v_is| is extend highlighted area with inner sentence 882|v_iw| iw extend highlighted area with "inner word" 883|v_i{| i{ same as iB 884|v_i}| i} same as iB 885|v_o| o move cursor to other corner of area 886|v_r| r 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 887|v_s| s 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 888|v_u| u 2 make highlighted area lowercase 889|v_v| v make Visual mode characterwise or stop 890 Visual mode 891|v_x| x 2 delete the highlighted area 892|v_y| y yank the highlighted area 893|v_~| ~ 2 swap case for the highlighted area 894 895============================================================================== 8964. Command-line editing *ex-edit-index* 897 898Get to the command-line with the ':', '!', '/' or '?' commands. 899Normal characters are inserted at the current cursor position. 900"Completion" below refers to context-sensitive completion. It will complete 901file names, tags, commands etc. as appropriate. 902 903 CTRL-@ not used 904|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A do completion on the pattern in front of the 905 cursor and insert all matches 906|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B cursor to begin of command-line 907|c_CTRL-C| CTRL-C same as <ESC> 908|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list completions that match the pattern in 909 front of the cursor 910|c_CTRL-E| CTRL-E cursor to end of command-line 911|'cedit'| CTRL-F default value for 'cedit': opens the 912 command-line window; otherwise not used 913 CTRL-G not used 914|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 915|c_digraph| {char1} <BS> {char2} 916 enter digraph when 'digraph' is on 917|c_CTRL-H| CTRL-H same as <BS> 918|c_<Tab>| <Tab> if 'wildchar' is <Tab>: Do completion on 919 the pattern in front of the cursor 920|c_<S-Tab>| <S-Tab> same as CTRL-P 921|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' Do completion on the pattern in front of the 922 cursor (default: <Tab>) 923|c_CTRL-I| CTRL-I same as <Tab> 924|c_<NL>| <NL> same as <CR> 925|c_CTRL-J| CTRL-J same as <CR> 926|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 927 enter digraph 928|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L do completion on the pattern in front of the 929 cursor and insert the longest common part 930|c_<CR>| <CR> execute entered command 931|c_<CR>| CTRL-M same as <CR> 932|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after using 'wildchar' with multiple matches: 933 go to next match, otherwise: same as <Down> 934 CTRL-O not used 935|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after using 'wildchar' with multiple matches: 936 go to previous match, otherwise: same as <Up> 937|c_CTRL-Q| CTRL-Q same as CTRL-V, unless it's used for terminal 938 control flow 939|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:= CTRL-F CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-A} 940 insert the contents of a register or object 941 under the cursor as if typed 942|c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| CTRL-R CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:= CTRL-F CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-A} 943 insert the contents of a register or object 944 under the cursor literally 945 CTRL-S (used for terminal control flow) 946 CTRL-T not used 947|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 948|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V insert next non-digit literally, insert three 949 digit decimal number as a single byte. 950|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 951 CTRL-X not used (reserved for completion) 952 CTRL-Y copy (yank) modeless selection 953 CTRL-Z not used (reserved for suspend) 954|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line without executing it 955|c_<Esc>| CTRL-[ same as <Esc> 956|c_CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N go to Normal mode, abandon command-line 957|c_CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode', 958 abandon command-line 959 CTRL-\ a - d reserved for extensions 960|c_CTRL-\_e| CTRL-\ e {expr} replace the command line with the result of 961 {expr} 962 CTRL-\ f - z reserved for extensions 963 CTRL-\ others not used 964 CTRL-] not used 965|c_CTRL-^| CTRL-^ toggle use of |:lmap| mappings 966|c_CTRL-_| CTRL-_ when 'allowrevins' set: change language 967 (Hebrew, Farsi) 968|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 969 970|c_<Left>| <Left> cursor left 971|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left> cursor one word left 972|c_<C-Left>| <C-Left> cursor one word left 973|c_<Right>| <Right> cursor right 974|c_<S-Right>| <S-Right> cursor one word right 975|c_<C-Right>| <C-Right> cursor one word right 976|c_<Up>| <Up> recall previous command-line from history that 977 matches pattern in front of the cursor 978|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up> recall previous command-line from history 979|c_<Down>| <Down> recall next command-line from history that 980 matches pattern in front of the cursor 981|c_<S-Down>| <S-Down> recall next command-line from history 982|c_<Home>| <Home> cursor to start of command-line 983|c_<End>| <End> cursor to end of command-line 984|c_<PageDown>| <PageDown> same as <S-Down> 985|c_<PageUp>| <PageUp> same as <S-Up> 986|c_<Insert>| <Insert> toggle insert/overstrike mode 987|c_<LeftMouse>| <LeftMouse> cursor at mouse click 988 989You found it, Arthur! *holy-grail* 990 991============================================================================== 9925. EX commands *ex-cmd-index* *:index* 993 994This is a brief but complete listing of all the ":" commands, without 995mentioning any arguments. The optional part of the command name is inside []. 996The commands are sorted on the non-optional part of their name. 997 998|:!| :! filter lines or execute an external command 999|:!!| :!! repeat last ":!" command 1000|:#| :# same as ":number" 1001|:&| :& repeat last ":substitute" 1002|:star| :* execute contents of a register 1003|:<| :< shift lines one 'shiftwidth' left 1004|:=| := print the cursor line number 1005|:>| :> shift lines one 'shiftwidth' right 1006|:@| :@ execute contents of a register 1007|:@@| :@@ repeat the previous ":@" 1008|:Next| :N[ext] go to previous file in the argument list 1009|:Print| :P[rint] print lines 1010|:X| :X ask for encryption key 1011|:append| :a[ppend] append text 1012|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] enter abbreviation 1013|:abclear| :abc[lear] remove all abbreviations 1014|:aboveleft| :abo[veleft] make split window appear left or above 1015|:all| :al[l] open a window for each file in the argument 1016 list 1017|:amenu| :am[enu] enter new menu item for all modes 1018|:anoremenu| :an[oremenu] enter a new menu for all modes that will not 1019 be remapped 1020|:args| :ar[gs] print the argument list 1021|:argadd| :arga[dd] add items to the argument list 1022|:argdelete| :argd[elete] delete items from the argument list 1023|:argedit| :arge[dit] add item to the argument list and edit it 1024|:argdo| :argdo do a command on all items in the argument list 1025|:argglobal| :argg[lobal] define the global argument list 1026|:arglocal| :argl[ocal] define a local argument list 1027|:argument| :argu[ment] go to specific file in the argument list 1028|:ascii| :as[cii] print ascii value of character under the cursor 1029|:autocmd| :au[tocmd] enter or show autocommands 1030|:augroup| :aug[roup] select the autocommand group to use 1031|:aunmenu| :aun[menu] remove menu for all modes 1032|:buffer| :b[uffer] go to specific buffer in the buffer list 1033|:bNext| :bN[ext] go to previous buffer in the buffer list 1034|:ball| :ba[ll] open a window for each buffer in the buffer list 1035|:badd| :bad[d] add buffer to the buffer list 1036|:bdelete| :bd[elete] remove a buffer from the buffer list 1037|:behave| :be[have] set mouse and selection behavior 1038|:belowright| :bel[owright] make split window appear right or below 1039|:bfirst| :bf[irst] go to first buffer in the buffer list 1040|:blast| :bl[ast] go to last buffer in the buffer list 1041|:bmodified| :bm[odified] go to next buffer in the buffer list that has 1042 been modified 1043|:bnext| :bn[ext] go to next buffer in the buffer list 1044|:botright| :bo[tright] make split window appear at bottom or far right 1045|:bprevious| :bp[revious] go to previous buffer in the buffer list 1046|:brewind| :br[ewind] go to first buffer in the buffer list 1047|:break| :brea[k] break out of while loop 1048|:breakadd| :breaka[dd] add a debugger breakpoint 1049|:breakdel| :breakd[el] delete a debugger breakpoint 1050|:breaklist| :breakl[ist] list debugger breakpoints 1051|:browse| :bro[wse] use file selection dialog 1052|:bufdo| :bufdo execute command in each listed buffer 1053|:buffers| :buffers list all files in the buffer list 1054|:bunload| :bun[load] unload a specific buffer 1055|:bwipeout| :bw[ipeout] really delete a buffer 1056|:change| :c[hange] replace a line or series of lines 1057|:cNext| :cN[ext] go to previous error 1058|:cNfile| :cNf[ile] go to last error in previous file 1059|:cabbrev| :ca[bbrev] like ":abbreviate" but for Command-line mode 1060|:cabclear| :cabc[lear] clear all abbreviations for Command-line mode 1061|:call| :cal[l] call a function 1062|:catch| :cat[ch] part of a :try command 1063|:cc| :cc go to specific error 1064|:cclose| :ccl[ose] close quickfix window 1065|:cd| :cd change directory 1066|:center| :ce[nter] format lines at the center 1067|:cfile| :cf[ile] read file with error messages and jump to first 1068|:cfirst| :cfir[st] go to the specified error, default first one 1069|:cgetfile| :cg[etfile] read file with error messages 1070|:changes| :cha[nges] print the change list 1071|:chdir| :chd[ir] change directory 1072|:checkpath| :che[ckpath] list included files 1073|:checktime| :checkt[ime] check timestamp of loaded buffers 1074|:clist| :cl[ist] list all errors 1075|:clast| :cla[st] go to the specified error, default last one 1076|:close| :clo[se] close current window 1077|:cmap| :cm[ap] like ":map" but for Command-line mode 1078|:cmapclear| :cmapc[lear] clear all mappings for Command-line mode 1079|:cmenu| :cme[nu] add menu for Command-line mode 1080|:cnext| :cn[ext] go to next error 1081|:cnewer| :cnew[er] go to newer error list 1082|:cnfile| :cnf[ile] go to first error in next file 1083|:cnoremap| :cno[remap] like ":noremap" but for Command-line mode 1084|:cnoreabbrev| :cnorea[bbrev] like ":noreabbrev" but for Command-line mode 1085|:cnoremenu| :cnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Command-line mode 1086|:copy| :co[py] copy lines 1087|:colder| :col[der] go to older error list 1088|:colorscheme| :colo[rscheme] load a specific color scheme 1089|:command| :com[mand] create user-defined command 1090|:comclear| :comc[lear] clear all user-defined commands 1091|:compiler| :comp[iler] do settings for a specific compiler 1092|:continue| :con[tinue] go back to :while 1093|:confirm| :conf[irm] prompt user when confirmation required 1094|:copen| :cope[n] open quickfix window 1095|:cprevious| :cp[revious] go to previous error 1096|:cpfile| :cpf[ile] go to last error in previous file 1097|:cquit| :cq[uit] quit Vim with an error code 1098|:crewind| :cr[ewind] go to the specified error, default first one 1099|:cscope| :cs[cope] execute cscope command 1100|:cstag| :cst[ag] use cscope to jump to a tag 1101|:cunmap| :cu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Command-line mode 1102|:cunabbrev| :cuna[bbrev] like ":unabbrev" but for Command-line mode 1103|:cunmenu| :cunme[nu] remove menu for Command-line mode 1104|:cwindow| :cw[indow] open or close quickfix window 1105|:delete| :d[elete] delete lines 1106|:delmarks| :delm[arks] delete marks 1107|:debug| :deb[ug] run a command in debugging mode 1108|:debuggreedy| :debugg[reedy] read debug mode commands from normal input 1109|:delcommand| :delc[ommand] delete user-defined command 1110|:delfunction| :delf[unction] delete a user function 1111|:diffupdate| :dif[fupdate] update 'diff' buffers 1112|:diffget| :diffg[et] remove differences in current buffer 1113|:diffoff| :diffo[ff] switch off diff mode 1114|:diffpatch| :diffp[atch] apply a patch and show differences 1115|:diffput| :diffpu[t] remove differences in other buffer 1116|:diffsplit| :diffs[plit] show differences with another file 1117|:diffthis| :diffthis make current window a diff window 1118|:digraphs| :dig[raphs] show or enter digraphs 1119|:display| :di[splay] display registers 1120|:djump| :dj[ump] jump to #define 1121|:dlist| :dl[ist] list #defines 1122|:doautocmd| :do[autocmd] apply autocommands to current buffer 1123|:doautoall| :doautoa[ll] apply autocommands for all loaded buffers 1124|:drop| :dr[op] jump to window editing file or edit file in 1125 current window 1126|:dsearch| :ds[earch] list one #define 1127|:dsplit| :dsp[lit] split window and jump to #define 1128|:edit| :e[dit] edit a file 1129|:echo| :ec[ho] echoes the result of expressions 1130|:echoerr| :echoe[rr] like :echo, show like an error and use history 1131|:echohl| :echoh[l] set highlighting for echo commands 1132|:echomsg| :echom[sg] same as :echo, put message in history 1133|:echon| :echon same as :echo, but without <EOL> 1134|:else| :el[se] part of an :if command 1135|:elseif| :elsei[f] part of an :if command 1136|:emenu| :em[enu] execute a menu by name 1137|:endif| :en[dif] end previous :if 1138|:endfunction| :endf[unction] end of a user function 1139|:endtry| :endt[ry] end previous :try 1140|:endwhile| :endw[hile] end previous :while 1141|:enew| :ene[w] edit a new, unnamed buffer 1142|:ex| :ex same as ":edit" 1143|:execute| :exe[cute] execute result of expressions 1144|:exit| :exi[t] same as ":xit" 1145|:file| :f[ile] show or set the current file name 1146|:files| :files list all files in the buffer list 1147|:filetype| :filet[ype] switch file type detection on/off 1148|:find| :fin[d] find file in 'path' and edit it 1149|:finally| :fina[lly] part of a :try command 1150|:finish| :fini[sh] quit sourcing a Vim script 1151|:first| :fir[st] go to the first file in the argument list 1152|:fixdel| :fix[del] set key code of <Del> 1153|:fold| :fo[ld] create a fold 1154|:foldclose| :foldc[lose] close folds 1155|:folddoopen| :foldd[oopen] execute command on lines not in a closed fold 1156|:folddoclosed| :folddoc[losed] execute command on lines in a closed fold 1157|:foldopen| :foldo[pen] open folds 1158|:function| :fu[nction] define a user function 1159|:global| :g[lobal] execute commands for matching lines 1160|:goto| :go[to] go to byte in the buffer 1161|:grep| :gr[ep] run 'grepprg' and jump to first match 1162|:grepadd| :grepa[dd] like grep, but append to current list 1163|:gui| :gu[i] start the GUI 1164|:gvim| :gv[im] start the GUI 1165|:hardcopy| :ha[rdcopy] send text to the printer 1166|:help| :h[elp] open a help window 1167|:helpfind| :helpf[ind] dialog to open a help window 1168|:helpgrep| :helpg[rep] like ":grep" but searches help files 1169|:helptags| :helpt[ags] generate help tags for a directory 1170|:highlight| :hi[ghlight] specify highlighting methods 1171|:hide| :hid[e] hide current buffer for a command 1172|:history| :his[tory] print a history list 1173|:insert| :i[nsert] insert text 1174|:iabbrev| :ia[bbrev] like ":abbrev" but for Insert mode 1175|:iabclear| :iabc[lear] like ":abclear" but for Insert mode 1176|:if| :if execute commands when condition met 1177|:ijump| :ij[ump] jump to definition of identifier 1178|:ilist| :il[ist] list lines where identifier matches 1179|:imap| :im[ap] like ":map" but for Insert mode 1180|:imapclear| :imapc[lear] like ":mapclear" but for Insert mode 1181|:imenu| :ime[nu] add menu for Insert mode 1182|:inoremap| :ino[remap] like ":noremap" but for Insert mode 1183|:inoreabbrev| :inorea[bbrev] like ":noreabbrev" but for Insert mode 1184|:inoremenu| :inoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Insert mode 1185|:intro| :int[ro] print the introductory message 1186|:isearch| :is[earch] list one line where identifier matches 1187|:isplit| :isp[lit] split window and jump to definition of 1188 identifier 1189|:iunmap| :iu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Insert mode 1190|:iunabbrev| :iuna[bbrev] like ":unabbrev" but for Insert mode 1191|:iunmenu| :iunme[nu] remove menu for Insert mode 1192|:join| :j[oin] join lines 1193|:jumps| :ju[mps] print the jump list 1194|:k| :k set a mark 1195|:keepmarks| :kee[pmarks] following command keeps marks where they are 1196|:keepjumps| :keepj[jumps] following command keeps jumplist and marks 1197|:list| :l[ist] print lines 1198|:last| :la[st] go to the last file in the argument list 1199|:language| :lan[guage] set the language (locale) 1200|:lcd| :lc[d] change directory locally 1201|:lchdir| :lch[dir] change directory locally 1202|:left| :le[ft] left align lines 1203|:leftabove| :lefta[bove] make split window appear left or above 1204|:let| :let assign a value to a variable or option 1205|:lmap| :lm[ap] like ":map!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1206|:lmapclear| :lmapc[lear] like ":mapclear!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1207|:lnoremap| :ln[oremap] like ":noremap!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1208|:loadkeymap| :loadk[eymap] load the following keymaps until EOF 1209|:loadview| :lo[adview] load view for current window from a file 1210|:lockmarks| :loc[kmarks] following command keeps marks where they are 1211|:ls| :ls list all buffers 1212|:lunmap| :lu[nmap] like ":unmap!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1213|:move| :m[ove] move lines 1214|:mark| :ma[rk] set a mark 1215|:make| :mak[e] execute external command 'makeprg' and parse 1216 error messages 1217|:map| :map show or enter a mapping 1218|:mapclear| :mapc[lear] clear all mappings for Normal and Visual mode 1219|:marks| :marks list all marks 1220|:match| :mat[ch] define a match to highlight 1221|:menu| :me[nu] enter a new menu item 1222|:menutranslate| :menut[ranslate] add a menu translation item 1223|:messages| :mes[sages] view previously displayed messages 1224|:mkexrc| :mk[exrc] write current mappings and settings to a file 1225|:mksession| :mks[ession] write session info to a file 1226|:mkvimrc| :mkv[imrc] write current mappings and settings to a file 1227|:mkview| :mkvie[w] write view of current window to a file 1228|:mode| :mod[e] show or change the screen mode 1229|:mzscheme| :mz[scheme] execute MzScheme command 1230|:mzfile| :mzf[ile] execute MzScheme script file 1231|:next| :n[ext] go to next file in the argument list 1232|:new| :new create a new empty window 1233|:nmap| :nm[ap] like ":map" but for Normal mode 1234|:nmapclear| :nmapc[lear] clear all mappings for Normal mode 1235|:nmenu| :nme[nu] add menu for Normal mode 1236|:nnoremap| :nn[oremap] like ":noremap" but for Normal mode 1237|:nnoremenu| :nnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Normal mode 1238|:noremap| :no[remap] enter a mapping that will not be remapped 1239|:nohlsearch| :noh[lsearch] suspend 'hlsearch' highlighting 1240|:noreabbrev| :norea[bbrev] enter an abbreviation that will not be 1241 remapped 1242|:noremenu| :noreme[nu] enter a menu that will not be remapped 1243|:normal| :norm[al] execute Normal mode commands 1244|:number| :nu[mber] print lines with line number 1245|:nunmap| :nun[map] like ":unmap" but for Normal mode 1246|:nunmenu| :nunme[nu] remove menu for Normal mode 1247|:open| :o[pen] start open mode (not implemented) 1248|:omap| :om[ap] like ":map" but for Operator-pending mode 1249|:omapclear| :omapc[lear] remove all mappings for Operator-pending mode 1250|:omenu| :ome[nu] add menu for Operator-pending mode 1251|:only| :on[ly] close all windows except current one 1252|:onoremap| :ono[remap] like ":noremap" but for Operator-pending mode 1253|:onoremenu| :onoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Operator-pending mode 1254|:options| :opt[ions] open the options-window 1255|:ounmap| :ou[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Operator-pending mode 1256|:ounmenu| :ounme[nu] remove menu for Operator-pending mode 1257|:print| :p[rint] print lines 1258|:pclose| :pc[lose] close preview window 1259|:pedit| :ped[it] edit file in the preview window 1260|:perl| :pe[rl] execute Perl command 1261|:perldo| :perld[o] execute Perl command for each line 1262|:pop| :po[p] jump to older entry in tag stack 1263|:popup| :pop[up] popup a menu by name 1264|:ppop| :pp[op] ":pop" in preview window 1265|:preserve| :pre[serve] write all text to swap file 1266|:previous| :prev[ious] go to previous file in argument list 1267|:promptfind| :pro[mptfind] Search dialog 1268|:promptrepl| :promptr[epl] Search/Replace dialog 1269|:psearch| :ps[earch] like ":ijump" but shows match in preview window 1270|:ptag| :pt[ag] show tag in preview window 1271|:ptNext| :ptN[ext] |:tNext| in preview window 1272|:ptfirst| :ptf[irst] |:trewind| in preview window 1273|:ptjump| :ptj[ump] |:tjump| and show tag in preview window 1274|:ptlast| :ptl[ast] |:tlast| in preview window 1275|:ptnext| :ptn[ext] |:tnext| in preview window 1276|:ptprevious| :ptp[revious] |:tprevious| in preview window 1277|:ptrewind| :ptr[ewind] |:trewind| in preview window 1278|:ptselect| :pts[elect] |:tselect| and show tag in preview window 1279|:put| :pu[t] insert contents of register in the text 1280|:pwd| :pw[d] print current directory 1281|:python| :py[thon] execute Python command 1282|:pyfile| :pyf[ile] execute Python script file 1283|:quit| :q[uit] quit current window (when one window quit Vim) 1284|:quitall| :quita[ll] quit Vim 1285|:qall| :qa[ll] quit Vim 1286|:read| :r[ead] read file into the text 1287|:recover| :rec[over] recover a file from a swap file 1288|:redo| :red[o] redo one undone change 1289|:redir| :redi[r] redirect messages to a file or register 1290|:redraw| :redr[aw] force a redraw of the display 1291|:redrawstatus| :redraws[tatus] force a redraw of the status line(s) 1292|:registers| :reg[isters] display the contents of registers 1293|:resize| :res[ize] change current window height 1294|:retab| :ret[ab] change tab size 1295|:return| :retu[rn] return from a user function 1296|:rewind| :rew[ind] go to the first file in the argument list 1297|:right| :ri[ght] right align text 1298|:rightbelow| :rightb[elow] make split window appear right or below 1299|:ruby| :rub[y] execute Ruby command 1300|:rubydo| :rubyd[o] execute Ruby command for each line 1301|:rubyfile| :rubyf[ile] execute Ruby script file 1302|:runtime| :ru[ntime] source vim scripts in 'runtimepath' 1303|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] read from viminfo file 1304|:substitute| :s[ubstitute] find and replace text 1305|:sNext| :sN[ext] split window and go to previous file in 1306 argument list 1307|:sargument| :sa[rgument] split window and go to specific file in 1308 argument list 1309|:sall| :sal[l] open a window for each file in argument list 1310|:saveas| :sav[eas] save file under another name. 1311|:sbuffer| :sb[uffer] split window and go to specific file in the 1312 buffer list 1313|:sbNext| :sbN[ext] split window and go to previous file in the 1314 buffer list 1315|:sball| :sba[ll] open a window for each file in the buffer list 1316|:sbfirst| :sbf[irst] split window and go to first file in the 1317 buffer list 1318|:sblast| :sbl[ast] split window and go to last file in buffer 1319 list 1320|:sbmodified| :sbm[odified] split window and go to modified file in the 1321 buffer list 1322|:sbnext| :sbn[ext] split window and go to next file in the buffer 1323 list 1324|:sbprevious| :sbp[revious] split window and go to previous file in the 1325 buffer list 1326|:sbrewind| :sbr[ewind] split window and go to first file in the 1327 buffer list 1328|:scriptnames| :scrip[tnames] list names of all sourced Vim scripts 1329|:scriptencoding| :scripte[ncoding] encoding used in sourced Vim script 1330|:scscope| :scs[cope] split window and execute cscope command 1331|:set| :se[t] show or set options 1332|:setfiletype| :setf[iletype] set 'filetype', unless it was set already 1333|:setglobal| :setg[lobal] show global values of options 1334|:setlocal| :setl[ocal] show or set options locally 1335|:sfind| :sf[ind] split current window and edit file in 'path' 1336|:sfirst| :sfir[st] split window and go to first file in the 1337 argument list 1338|:shell| :sh[ell] escape to a shell 1339|:simalt| :sim[alt] Win32 GUI: simulate Windows ALT key 1340|:sign| :sig[n] manipulate signs 1341|:silent| :sil[ent] Run a command silently 1342|:sleep| :sl[eep] do nothing for a few seconds 1343|:slast| :sla[st] split window and go to last file in the 1344 argument list 1345|:smagic| :sm[agic] :substitute with 'magic' 1346|:snext| :sn[ext] split window and go to next file in the 1347 argument list 1348|:sniff| :sni[ff] send request to sniff 1349|:snomagic| :sno[magic] :substitute with 'nomagic' 1350|:source| :so[urce] read Vim or Ex commands from a file 1351|:split| :sp[lit] split current window 1352|:sprevious| :spr[evious] split window and go to previous file in the 1353 argument list 1354|:srewind| :sre[wind] split window and go to first file in the 1355 argument list 1356|:stop| :st[op] suspend the editor or escape to a shell 1357|:stag| :sta[g] split window and jump to a tag 1358|:startinsert| :star[tinsert] start Insert mode 1359|:startreplace| :startr[eplace] start Replace mode 1360|:stopinsert|| :stopi[nsert] stop Insert mode 1361|:stjump| :stj[ump] do ":tjump" and split window 1362|:stselect| :sts[elect] do ":tselect" and split window 1363|:sunhide| :sun[hide] same as ":unhide" 1364|:suspend| :sus[pend] same as ":stop" 1365|:sview| :sv[iew] split window and edit file read-only 1366|:swapname| :sw[apname] show the name of the current swap file 1367|:syntax| :sy[ntax] syntax highlighting 1368|:syncbind| :sync[bind] sync scroll binding 1369|:t| :t same as ":copy" 1370|:tNext| :tN[ext] jump to previous matching tag 1371|:tag| :ta[g] jump to tag 1372|:tags| :tags show the contents of the tag stack 1373|:tcl| :tc[l] execute Tcl command 1374|:tcldo| :tcld[o] execute Tcl command for each line 1375|:tclfile| :tclf[ile] execute Tcl script file 1376|:tearoff| :te[aroff] tear-off a menu 1377|:tfirst| :tf[irst] jump to first matching tag 1378|:throw| :th[row] throw an exception 1379|:tjump| :tj[ump] like ":tselect", but jump directly when there 1380 is only one match 1381|:tlast| :tl[ast] jump to last matching tag 1382|:tmenu| :tm[enu] define menu tooltip 1383|:tnext| :tn[ext] jump to next matching tag 1384|:topleft| :to[pleft] make split window appear at top or far left 1385|:tprevious| :tp[revious] jump to previous matching tag 1386|:trewind| :tr[ewind] jump to first matching tag 1387|:try| :try execute commands, abort on error or exception 1388|:tselect| :ts[elect] list matching tags and select one 1389|:tunmenu| :tu[nmenu] remove menu tooltip 1390|:undo| :u[ndo] undo last change(s) 1391|:unabbreviate| :una[bbreviate] remove abbreviation 1392|:unhide| :unh[ide] open a window for each loaded file in the 1393 buffer list 1394|:unlet| :unl[et] delete variable 1395|:unmap| :unm[ap] remove mapping 1396|:unmenu| :unme[nu] remove menu 1397|:update| :up[date] write buffer if modified 1398|:vglobal| :v[global] execute commands for not matching lines 1399|:version| :ve[rsion] print version number and other info 1400|:verbose| :verb[ose] execute command with 'verbose' set 1401|:vertical| :vert[ical] make following command split vertically 1402|:visual| :vi[sual] same as ":edit", but turns off "Ex" mode 1403|:view| :vie[w] edit a file read-only 1404|:vmap| :vm[ap] like ":map" but for Visual mode 1405|:vmapclear| :vmapc[lear] remove all mappings for Visual mode 1406|:vmenu| :vme[nu] add menu for Visual mode 1407|:vnoremap| :vn[oremap] like ":noremap" but for Visual mode 1408|:vnew| :vne[w] create a new empty window, vertically split 1409|:vnoremenu| :vnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Visual mode 1410|:vsplit| :vs[plit] split current window vertically 1411|:vunmap| :vu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Visual mode 1412|:vunmenu| :vunme[nu] remove menu for Visual mode 1413|:windo| :windo execute command in each window 1414|:write| :w[rite] write to a file 1415|:wNext| :wN[ext] write to a file and go to previous file in 1416 argument list 1417|:wall| :wa[ll] write all (changed) buffers 1418|:while| :wh[ile] execute loop for as long as condition met 1419|:winsize| :wi[nsize] get or set window size (obsolete) 1420|:wincmd| :winc[md] execute a Window (CTRL-W) command 1421|:winpos| :winp[os] get or set window position 1422|:wnext| :wn[ext] write to a file and go to next file in 1423 argument list 1424|:wprevious| :wp[revious] write to a file and go to previous file in 1425 argument list 1426|:wq| :wq write to a file and quit window or Vim 1427|:wqall| :wqa[ll] write all changed buffers and quit Vim 1428|:wsverb| :ws[verb] pass the verb to workshop over IPC 1429|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] write to viminfo file 1430|:xit| :x[it] write if buffer changed and quit window or Vim 1431|:xall| :xa[ll] same as ":wqall" 1432|:yank| :y[ank] yank lines into a register 1433|:z| :z print some lines 1434|:~| :~ repeat last ":substitute" 1435 1436 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1437