Vim Cheat Sheet

A quick reference for how to do useful things in Vim.

Vim Core	General Plugins	Clojure Plugins
Files	table-mode	fireplace
Windows	ctrlp	sexp
Tabs	fugitive
Diff Mode	surround
Misc

Vim Core

Files

Command or Key	Description
:e	Edit a file.
:e $MYVIMRC	Edit your vimrc file.
:e .\dir	Open directory with netrw.
:hid e	Edit a different file while retaining changes in current file.
:sav filename.c	Save current buffer as filename.c.
:f filename.c	Change filename of buffer without saving the file.

Windows

Command or Key	Description
CTRL-W s	Split window horizontally.
CTRL-W v	Split window vertically.
CTRL-W c	Close window.
CTRL-W h/j/k/l/t/b	Move between windows.
CTRL-W H/J/K/L	Move window to edge.
CTRL-W _	Maximize window height.
CTRL-W <pipe>	Maximize window width.
CTRL-W =	Equalize window sizes.
CTRL-W o	Close all but current window.
CTRL-W_CTRL-N	Open a new empty file in a split
:sp/:vsp file.c	Open a file in a split.
:cw	Open quickfix window.

Tabs

Command or Key	Description
:tabe file.c	Open a new tab.
:tab sp	Open the current buffer in a new tab.
:tabc	Close the current tab page.
:tabo	Close all but the current tab page.
CTRL-PageUp/Down or :gt/T	Switch between tab pages.
:(+/-[N])tabm	Move tab.

Diff Mode

Command or Key	Description
:diffs {file}	Compare current window with {file}.
[c and ]c	Jump to next/previous diffs.
do	Set diff in cuffent buffer to match other buffer.
dp	Set other buffer to match diff in current buffer.

Misc

Command or Key	Description
gx	Open URL under cursor in a browser.
CTRL-O (insert mode)	Execute a normal mode command without leaving insert mode.
:ret	Convert tabs to spaces.

General Plugins

table-mode

Command or Key	Description
<leader>tm	Toggle table-mode.
<leader>tdd	Delete row.
<leader>tdc	Delete column.
i/a<pipe>	Inner/outer cell text object. Use with d, v, etc.

ctrlp

Command or Key	Description
CTRL-P	Open ctrlp find file menu.
F5	Refresh file list.
CTRL-F/B	Cycle search modes (file, buffer, mru).
CTRL-D	Switch between path and filename only search modes.
CTRL-J/K	Navigate results.
CTRL-T/V/X	Open selected entry in new tab or split.
CTRL-N/P	Navigate prompt history.
CTRL-Y	Create a new file, including parent directories.
CTRL-Z	Mark files.
CTRL-O	Open marked files.

fugitive

Command or Key	Description
:Gstatus	Open git status.
cc (in status)	Execute git commit.
- (in status)	Add/reset a files changes.
p (in status)	Add/reset a files changes with --patch.
:Gw	Write to file and stage results.
:Gcommit	Commit changes.
:Gpush	Execute git push, loading results into quickfix list (:cw).
:Gpull	Execute git pull, loading errors into quickfix list (:cw).
:Gdiff	Diff staged version of file with working tree version.
:Gmove	Executes git mv and renames buffer.
:Gdelete	Executes git rm and deletes buffer.
:Glog	Load all revisions of file into quickfix list (:cw).
:Git	Run a git command.
:Git!	Open output of a command in a temp file.

surround

Command or Key	Description
ds{surrounding}	Delete surrounding instances of {surrounding}. ex: ds"
cs{current}{new}	Change surrounding instances of {current} with {new}. ex: cs"'
ys{motion/text object}{surrounding}	Surround region selected by {motion/text object} with {surrounding}
yss{surrounding}	Surround current line with {surrounding}, ignoring leading whitespace.
yS / YSS	Same as ys/yss, but places surrounded text on its own line.
S{surrounding} (visual mode)	Surround selection with {surrounding} (visual mode).
{surrounding} (brackets)	(, ), {, }, [, ], <, and >. Opening adds inner whitespace, closing doesn't.
{surrounding} (quotes)	', ", and `. These are only searched for on current line.
{surrounding} (tags)	t or <tagname. ex: typing yswtdiv will surround a word with div tags.

Clojure Plugins

fireplace

Note: You need to start a REPL for most fireplace commands to work.

Command or Key	Description
K	Lookup symbol with doc.
[d	Lookup symbol with source.
[	Jump to symbol definition.
gf	Vim go to file command--works on namespaces.
cpp	Evaluate innermost form.
cp{motion}	Evaluate the code indicated by {motion}.
cqc	Open command line window.
cqq	Open command line window, prepopulated with innermost form.
cpr	Require :reload the given/current namespace.

sexp

Command or Key	Description
( or )	Move to nearest paired structural bracket.
[[ or ]]	Move cursor to adjacent top-level element.
[e or ]e	Select adjacent element.
==	Indent compound form without moving cursor.
=-	Indent top-level compound form without moving cursor.
<localleader>i or I	Wrap compound form with () and enter insert mode.
<localleader>[ or ]	Wrap compound form with [] and enter insert mode.
<localleader>w or W	Wrap element with () and enter insert mode.
<localleader>e[ or e]	Wrap element with [] and enter insert mode.
<localleader>e{ or e}	Wrap element with {} and enter insert mode.
<localleader>@	Splice compound form into parent.
<localleader>o	Raise compound form, replacing parent.
<localleader>O	Raise element, replacing compound form.
ALT-j or k	Swap compound form with sibling element.
ALT-h or l	Swap element with sibling element.
<localleader>h	Insert cursor at head of compound form.
<localleader>l	Insert cursor at tail of compound form.
af/if (Text Object)	Select outer/inner list.
aF/iF (Text Object)	Select outer/inner top-level list.
as/if (Text Object)	Select outer/inner string.
ae/ie (Text Object)	Select outer/inner element.

Custom Binds	Description
<localleader>b or B	Emit terminal elements (barf).
<localleader>s or S	Capture adjacent elements (slurp).

vim-sexp-mappings-for-normal-people	Description
W/B	Move to beginning of next/previous element.
E/gE	Move to tail of next/previous element.
>f/<f	Move a form right/left.
>e/<e	Move an element right/left.