1*index.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Jul 21 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 the |+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_<ScrollWheelDown>| <ScrollWheelDown> move window three lines down 140|i_<S-ScrollWheelDown>| <S-ScrollWheelDown> move window one page down 141|i_<ScrollWheelUp>| <ScrollWheelUp> move window three lines up 142|i_<S-ScrollWheelUp>| <S-ScrollWheelUp> move window one page up 143|i_<ScrollWheelLeft>| <ScrollWheelLeft> move window six columns left 144|i_<S-ScrollWheelLeft>| <S-ScrollWheelLeft> move window one page left 145|i_<ScrollWheelRight>| <ScrollWheelRight> move window six columns right 146|i_<S-ScrollWheelRight>| <S-ScrollWheelRight> move window one page right 147 148commands in CTRL-X submode *i_CTRL-X_index* 149 150|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D| CTRL-X CTRL-D complete defined identifiers 151|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E| CTRL-X CTRL-E scroll up 152|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F| CTRL-X CTRL-F complete file names 153|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I| CTRL-X CTRL-I complete identifiers 154|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| CTRL-X CTRL-K complete identifiers from dictionary 155|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L| CTRL-X CTRL-L complete whole lines 156|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N| CTRL-X CTRL-N next completion 157|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| CTRL-X CTRL-O omni completion 158|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-P| CTRL-X CTRL-P previous completion 159|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-S| CTRL-X CTRL-S spelling suggestions 160|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| CTRL-X CTRL-T complete identifiers from thesaurus 161|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-Y| CTRL-X CTRL-Y scroll down 162|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U| CTRL-X CTRL-U complete with 'completefunc' 163|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V| CTRL-X CTRL-V complete like in : command line 164|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| CTRL-X CTRL-] complete tags 165|i_CTRL-X_s| CTRL-X s spelling suggestions 166{not available when compiled without the |+insert_expand| feature} 167 168============================================================================== 1692. Normal mode *normal-index* 170 171CHAR any non-blank character 172WORD a sequence of non-blank characters 173N a number entered before the command 174{motion} a cursor movement command 175Nmove the text that is moved over with a {motion} 176SECTION a section that possibly starts with '}' instead of '{' 177 178note: 1 = cursor movement command; 2 = can be undone/redone 179 180tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 181------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 182 CTRL-@ not used 183|CTRL-A| CTRL-A 2 add N to number at/after cursor 184|CTRL-B| CTRL-B 1 scroll N screens Backwards 185|CTRL-C| CTRL-C interrupt current (search) command 186|CTRL-D| CTRL-D scroll Down N lines (default: half a screen) 187|CTRL-E| CTRL-E scroll N lines upwards (N lines Extra) 188|CTRL-F| CTRL-F 1 scroll N screens Forward 189|CTRL-G| CTRL-G display current file name and position 190|<BS>| <BS> 1 same as "h" 191|CTRL-H| CTRL-H 1 same as "h" 192|<Tab>| <Tab> 1 go to N newer entry in jump list 193|CTRL-I| CTRL-I 1 same as <Tab> 194|<NL>| <NL> 1 same as "j" 195|CTRL-J| CTRL-J 1 same as "j" 196 CTRL-K not used 197|CTRL-L| CTRL-L redraw screen 198|<CR>| <CR> 1 cursor to the first CHAR N lines lower 199|CTRL-M| CTRL-M 1 same as <CR> 200|CTRL-N| CTRL-N 1 same as "j" 201|CTRL-O| CTRL-O 1 go to N older entry in jump list 202|CTRL-P| CTRL-P 1 same as "k" 203 CTRL-Q (used for terminal control flow) 204|CTRL-R| CTRL-R 2 redo changes which were undone with 'u' 205 CTRL-S (used for terminal control flow) 206|CTRL-T| CTRL-T jump to N older Tag in tag list 207|CTRL-U| CTRL-U scroll N lines Upwards (default: half a 208 screen) 209|CTRL-V| CTRL-V start blockwise Visual mode 210|CTRL-W| CTRL-W {char} window commands, see |CTRL-W| 211|CTRL-X| CTRL-X 2 subtract N from number at/after cursor 212|CTRL-Y| CTRL-Y scroll N lines downwards 213|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z suspend program (or start new shell) 214 CTRL-[ <Esc> not used 215|CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N go to Normal mode (no-op) 216|CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode' 217 CTRL-\ a - z reserved for extensions 218 CTRL-\ others not used 219|CTRL-]| CTRL-] :ta to ident under cursor 220|CTRL-^| CTRL-^ edit Nth alternate file (equivalent to 221 ":e #N") 222 CTRL-_ not used 223 224|<Space>| <Space> 1 same as "l" 225|!| !{motion}{filter} 226 2 filter Nmove text through the {filter} 227 command 228|!!| !!{filter} 2 filter N lines through the {filter} command 229|quote| "{a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} use register {a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} for next 230 delete, yank or put (uppercase to append) 231 ({.%#:} only work with put) 232|#| # 1 search backward for the Nth occurrence of 233 the ident under the cursor 234|$| $ 1 cursor to the end of Nth next line 235|%| % 1 find the next (curly/square) bracket on 236 this line and go to its match, or go to 237 matching comment bracket, or go to matching 238 preprocessor directive. 239|N%| {count}% 1 go to N percentage in the file 240|&| & 2 repeat last :s 241|'| '{a-zA-Z0-9} 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line with 242 mark {a-zA-Z0-9} 243|''| '' 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 244 the cursor was before the latest jump. 245|'(| '( 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 246 start of the current sentence 247|')| ') 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 248 end of the current sentence 249|'<| '< 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 250 highlighted area starts/started in the 251 current buffer. 252|'>| '> 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line where 253 highlighted area ends/ended in the current 254 buffer. 255|'[| '[ 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 256 start of last operated text or start of put 257 text 258|']| '] 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 259 end of last operated text or end of put 260 text 261|'{| '{ 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 262 start of the current paragraph 263|'}| '} 1 cursor to the first CHAR on the line of the 264 end of the current paragraph 265|(| ( 1 cursor N sentences backward 266|)| ) 1 cursor N sentences forward 267|star| * 1 search forward for the Nth occurrence of 268 the ident under the cursor 269|+| + 1 same as <CR> 270|,| , 1 repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite 271 direction N times 272|-| - 1 cursor to the first CHAR N lines higher 273|.| . 2 repeat last change with count replaced with 274 N 275|/| /{pattern}<CR> 1 search forward for the Nth occurrence of 276 {pattern} 277|/<CR>| /<CR> 1 search forward for {pattern} of last search 278|count| 0 1 cursor to the first char of the line 279|count| 1 prepend to command to give a count 280|count| 2 " 281|count| 3 " 282|count| 4 " 283|count| 5 " 284|count| 6 " 285|count| 7 " 286|count| 8 " 287|count| 9 " 288|:| : 1 start entering an Ex command 289|N:| {count}: start entering an Ex command with range 290 from current line to N-1 lines down 291|;| ; 1 repeat latest f, t, F or T N times 292|<| <{motion} 2 shift Nmove lines one 'shiftwidth' 293 leftwards 294|<<| << 2 shift N lines one 'shiftwidth' leftwards 295|=| ={motion} 2 filter Nmove lines through "indent" 296|==| == 2 filter N lines through "indent" 297|>| >{motion} 2 shift Nmove lines one 'shiftwidth' 298 rightwards 299|>>| >> 2 shift N lines one 'shiftwidth' rightwards 300|?| ?{pattern}<CR> 1 search backward for the Nth previous 301 occurrence of {pattern} 302|?<CR>| ?<CR> 1 search backward for {pattern} of last search 303|@| @{a-z} 2 execute the contents of register {a-z} 304 N times 305|@:| @: repeat the previous ":" command N times 306|@@| @@ 2 repeat the previous @{a-z} N times 307|A| A 2 append text after the end of the line N times 308|B| B 1 cursor N WORDS backward 309|C| ["x]C 2 change from the cursor position to the end 310 of the line, and N-1 more lines [into 311 buffer x]; synonym for "c$" 312|D| ["x]D 2 delete the characters under the cursor 313 until the end of the line and N-1 more 314 lines [into buffer x]; synonym for "d$" 315|E| E 1 cursor forward to the end of WORD N 316|F| F{char} 1 cursor to the Nth occurrence of {char} to 317 the left 318|G| G 1 cursor to line N, default last line 319|H| H 1 cursor to line N from top of screen 320|I| I 2 insert text before the first CHAR on the 321 line N times 322|J| J 2 Join N lines; default is 2 323|K| K lookup Keyword under the cursor with 324 'keywordprg' 325|L| L 1 cursor to line N from bottom of screen 326|M| M 1 cursor to middle line of screen 327|N| N 1 repeat the latest '/' or '?' N times in 328 opposite direction 329|O| O 2 begin a new line above the cursor and 330 insert text, repeat N times 331|P| ["x]P 2 put the text [from buffer x] before the 332 cursor N times 333|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 334|R| R 2 enter replace mode: overtype existing 335 characters, repeat the entered text N-1 336 times 337|S| ["x]S 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] and start 338 insert; synonym for "cc". 339|T| T{char} 1 cursor till after Nth occurrence of {char} 340 to the left 341|U| U 2 undo all latest changes on one line 342|V| V start linewise Visual mode 343|W| W 1 cursor N WORDS forward 344|X| ["x]X 2 delete N characters before the cursor [into 345 buffer x] 346|Y| ["x]Y yank N lines [into buffer x]; synonym for 347 "yy" 348|ZZ| ZZ store current file if modified, and exit 349|ZQ| ZQ exit current file always 350|[| [{char} square bracket command (see |[| below) 351 \ not used 352|]| ]{char} square bracket command (see |]| below) 353|^| ^ 1 cursor to the first CHAR of the line 354|_| _ 1 cursor to the first CHAR N - 1 lines lower 355|`| `{a-zA-Z0-9} 1 cursor to the mark {a-zA-Z0-9} 356|`(| `( 1 cursor to the start of the current sentence 357|`)| `) 1 cursor to the end of the current sentence 358|`<| `< 1 cursor to the start of the highlighted area 359|`>| `> 1 cursor to the end of the highlighted area 360|`[| `[ 1 cursor to the start of last operated text 361 or start of putted text 362|`]| `] 1 cursor to the end of last operated text or 363 end of putted text 364|``| `` 1 cursor to the position before latest jump 365|`{| `{ 1 cursor to the start of the current paragraph 366|`}| `} 1 cursor to the end of the current paragraph 367|a| a 2 append text after the cursor N times 368|b| b 1 cursor N words backward 369|c| ["x]c{motion} 2 delete Nmove text [into buffer x] and start 370 insert 371|cc| ["x]cc 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] and start 372 insert 373|d| ["x]d{motion} 2 delete Nmove text [into buffer x] 374|dd| ["x]dd 2 delete N lines [into buffer x] 375|do| do 2 same as ":diffget" 376|dp| dp 2 same as ":diffput" 377|e| e 1 cursor forward to the end of word N 378|f| f{char} 1 cursor to Nth occurrence of {char} to the 379 right 380|g| g{char} extended commands, see |g| below 381|h| h 1 cursor N chars to the left 382|i| i 2 insert text before the cursor N times 383|j| j 1 cursor N lines downward 384|k| k 1 cursor N lines upward 385|l| l 1 cursor N chars to the right 386|m| m{A-Za-z} set mark {A-Za-z} at cursor position 387|n| n 1 repeat the latest '/' or '?' N times 388|o| o 2 begin a new line below the cursor and 389 insert text, repeat N times 390|p| ["x]p 2 put the text [from register x] after the 391 cursor N times 392|q| q{0-9a-zA-Z"} record typed characters into named register 393 {0-9a-zA-Z"} (uppercase to append) 394|q| q (while recording) stops recording 395|q:| q: edit : command-line in command-line window 396|q/| q/ edit / command-line in command-line window 397|q?| q? edit ? command-line in command-line window 398|r| r{char} 2 replace N chars with {char} 399|s| ["x]s 2 (substitute) delete N characters [into 400 buffer x] and start insert 401|t| t{char} 1 cursor till before Nth occurrence of {char} 402 to the right 403|u| u 2 undo changes 404|v| v start characterwise Visual mode 405|w| w 1 cursor N words forward 406|x| ["x]x 2 delete N characters under and after the 407 cursor [into buffer x] 408|y| ["x]y{motion} yank Nmove text [into buffer x] 409|yy| ["x]yy yank N lines [into buffer x] 410|z| z{char} commands starting with 'z', see |z| below 411|{| { 1 cursor N paragraphs backward 412|bar| | 1 cursor to column N 413|}| } 1 cursor N paragraphs forward 414|~| ~ 2 'tildeop' off: switch case of N characters 415 under cursor and move the cursor N 416 characters to the right 417|~| ~{motion} 'tildeop' on: switch case of Nmove text 418|<C-End>| <C-End> 1 same as "G" 419|<C-Home>| <C-Home> 1 same as "gg" 420|<C-Left>| <C-Left> 1 same as "b" 421|<C-LeftMouse>| <C-LeftMouse> ":ta" to the keyword at the mouse click 422|<C-Right>| <C-Right> 1 same as "w" 423|<C-RightMouse>| <C-RightMouse> same as "CTRL-T" 424|<Del>| ["x]<Del> 2 same as "x" 425|N<Del>| {count}<Del> remove the last digit from {count} 426|<Down>| <Down> 1 same as "j" 427|<End>| <End> 1 same as "$" 428|<F1>| <F1> same as <Help> 429|<Help>| <Help> open a help window 430|<Home>| <Home> 1 same as "0" 431|<Insert>| <Insert> 2 same as "i" 432|<Left>| <Left> 1 same as "h" 433|<LeftMouse>| <LeftMouse> 1 move cursor to the mouse click position 434|<MiddleMouse>| <MiddleMouse> 2 same as "gP" at the mouse click position 435|<PageDown>| <PageDown> same as CTRL-F 436|<PageUp>| <PageUp> same as CTRL-B 437|<Right>| <Right> 1 same as "l" 438|<RightMouse>| <RightMouse> start Visual mode, move cursor to the mouse 439 click position 440|<S-Down>| <S-Down> 1 same as CTRL-F 441|<S-Left>| <S-Left> 1 same as "b" 442|<S-LeftMouse>| <S-LeftMouse> same as "*" at the mouse click position 443|<S-Right>| <S-Right> 1 same as "w" 444|<S-RightMouse>| <S-RightMouse> same as "#" at the mouse click position 445|<S-Up>| <S-Up> 1 same as CTRL-B 446|<Undo>| <Undo> 2 same as "u" 447|<Up>| <Up> 1 same as "k" 448|<ScrollWheelDown>| <ScrollWheelDown> move window three lines down 449|<S-ScrollWheelDown>| <S-ScrollWheelDown> move window one page down 450|<ScrollWheelUp>| <ScrollWheelUp> move window three lines up 451|<S-ScrollWheelUp>| <S-ScrollWheelUp> move window one page up 452|<ScrollWheelLeft>| <ScrollWheelLeft> move window six columns left 453|<S-ScrollWheelLeft>| <S-ScrollWheelLeft> move window one page left 454|<ScrollWheelRight>| <ScrollWheelRight> move window six columns right 455|<S-ScrollWheelRight>| <S-ScrollWheelRight> move window one page right 456 457============================================================================== 4582.1 Text objects *objects* 459 460These can be used after an operator or in Visual mode to select an object. 461 462tag command action in Normal mode ~ 463------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 464|v_aquote| a" double quoted string 465|v_a'| a' single quoted string 466|v_a(| a( same as ab 467|v_a)| a) same as ab 468|v_a<| a< "a <>" from '<' to the matching '>' 469|v_a>| a> same as a< 470|v_aB| aB "a Block" from "[{" to "]}" (with brackets) 471|v_aW| aW "a WORD" (with white space) 472|v_a[| a[ "a []" from '[' to the matching ']' 473|v_a]| a] same as a[ 474|v_a`| a` string in backticks 475|v_ab| ab "a block" from "[(" to "])" (with braces) 476|v_ap| ap "a paragraph" (with white space) 477|v_as| as "a sentence" (with white space) 478|v_at| at "a tag block" (with white space) 479|v_aw| aw "a word" (with white space) 480|v_a{| a{ same as aB 481|v_a}| a} same as aB 482|v_iquote| i" double quoted string without the quotes 483|v_i'| i' single quoted string without the quotes 484|v_i(| i( same as ib 485|v_i)| i) same as ib 486|v_i<| i< "inner <>" from '<' to the matching '>' 487|v_i>| i> same as i< 488|v_iB| iB "inner Block" from "[{" and "]}" 489|v_iW| iW "inner WORD" 490|v_i[| i[ "inner []" from '[' to the matching ']' 491|v_i]| i] same as i[ 492|v_i`| i` string in backticks without the backticks 493|v_ib| ib "inner block" from "[(" to "])" 494|v_ip| ip "inner paragraph" 495|v_is| is "inner sentence" 496|v_it| it "inner tag block" 497|v_iw| iw "inner word" 498|v_i{| i{ same as iB 499|v_i}| i} same as iB 500 501============================================================================== 5022.2 Window commands *CTRL-W* 503 504tag command action in Normal mode ~ 505------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 506|CTRL-W_CTRL-B| CTRL-W CTRL-B same as "CTRL-W b" 507|CTRL-W_CTRL-C| CTRL-W CTRL-C same as "CTRL-W c" 508|CTRL-W_CTRL-D| CTRL-W CTRL-D same as "CTRL-W d" 509|CTRL-W_CTRL-F| CTRL-W CTRL-F same as "CTRL-W f" 510 CTRL-W CTRL-G same as "CTRL-W g .." 511|CTRL-W_CTRL-H| CTRL-W CTRL-H same as "CTRL-W h" 512|CTRL-W_CTRL-I| CTRL-W CTRL-I same as "CTRL-W i" 513|CTRL-W_CTRL-J| CTRL-W CTRL-J same as "CTRL-W j" 514|CTRL-W_CTRL-K| CTRL-W CTRL-K same as "CTRL-W k" 515|CTRL-W_CTRL-L| CTRL-W CTRL-L same as "CTRL-W l" 516|CTRL-W_CTRL-N| CTRL-W CTRL-N same as "CTRL-W n" 517|CTRL-W_CTRL-O| CTRL-W CTRL-O same as "CTRL-W o" 518|CTRL-W_CTRL-P| CTRL-W CTRL-P same as "CTRL-W p" 519|CTRL-W_CTRL-Q| CTRL-W CTRL-Q same as "CTRL-W q" 520|CTRL-W_CTRL-R| CTRL-W CTRL-R same as "CTRL-W r" 521|CTRL-W_CTRL-S| CTRL-W CTRL-S same as "CTRL-W s" 522|CTRL-W_CTRL-T| CTRL-W CTRL-T same as "CTRL-W t" 523|CTRL-W_CTRL-V| CTRL-W CTRL-V same as "CTRL-W v" 524|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W same as "CTRL-W w" 525|CTRL-W_CTRL-X| CTRL-W CTRL-X same as "CTRL-W x" 526|CTRL-W_CTRL-Z| CTRL-W CTRL-Z same as "CTRL-W z" 527|CTRL-W_CTRL-]| CTRL-W CTRL-] same as "CTRL-W ]" 528|CTRL-W_CTRL-^| CTRL-W CTRL-^ same as "CTRL-W ^" 529|CTRL-W_CTRL-_| CTRL-W CTRL-_ same as "CTRL-W _" 530|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + increase current window height N lines 531|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - decrease current window height N lines 532|CTRL-W_<| CTRL-W < decrease current window width N columns 533|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = make all windows the same height & width 534|CTRL-W_>| CTRL-W > increase current window width N columns 535|CTRL-W_H| CTRL-W H move current window to the far left 536|CTRL-W_J| CTRL-W J move current window to the very bottom 537|CTRL-W_K| CTRL-W K move current window to the very top 538|CTRL-W_L| CTRL-W L move current window to the far right 539|CTRL-W_P| CTRL-W P go to preview window 540|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R rotate windows upwards N times 541|CTRL-W_S| CTRL-W S same as "CTRL-W s" 542|CTRL-W_T| CTRL-W T move current window to a new tab page 543|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W go to N previous window (wrap around) 544|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] split window and jump to tag under cursor 545|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ split current window and edit alternate 546 file N 547|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ set current window height to N (default: 548 very high) 549|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b go to bottom window 550|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c close current window (like |:close|) 551|CTRL-W_d| CTRL-W d split window and jump to definition under 552 the cursor 553|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f split window and edit file name under the 554 cursor 555|CTRL-W_F| CTRL-W F split window and edit file name under the 556 cursor and jump to the line number 557 following the file name. 558|CTRL-W_g_CTRL-]| CTRL-W g CTRL-] split window and do |:tjump| to tag under 559 cursor 560|CTRL-W_g]| CTRL-W g ] split window and do |:tselect| for tag 561 under cursor 562|CTRL-W_g}| CTRL-W g } do a |:ptjump| to the tag under the cursor 563|CTRL-W_gf| CTRL-W g f edit file name under the cursor in a new 564 tab page 565|CTRL-W_gF| CTRL-W g F edit file name under the cursor in a new 566 tab page and jump to the line number 567 following the file name. 568|CTRL-W_h| CTRL-W h go to Nth left window (stop at first window) 569|CTRL-W_i| CTRL-W i split window and jump to declaration of 570 identifier under the cursor 571|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j go N windows down (stop at last window) 572|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k go N windows up (stop at first window) 573|CTRL-W_l| CTRL-W l go to Nth right window (stop at last window) 574|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n open new window, N lines high 575|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o close all but current window (like |:only|) 576|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p go to previous (last accessed) window 577|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q quit current window (like |:quit|) 578|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r rotate windows downwards N times 579|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s split current window in two parts, new 580 window N lines high 581|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t go to top window 582|CTRL-W_v| CTRL-W v split current window vertically, new window 583 N columns wide 584|CTRL-W_w| CTRL-W w go to N next window (wrap around) 585|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x exchange current window with window N 586 (default: next window) 587|CTRL-W_z| CTRL-W z close preview window 588|CTRL-W_bar| CTRL-W | set window width to N columns 589|CTRL-W_}| CTRL-W } show tag under cursor in preview window 590|CTRL-W_<Down>| CTRL-W <Down> same as "CTRL-W j" 591|CTRL-W_<Up>| CTRL-W <Up> same as "CTRL-W k" 592|CTRL-W_<Left>| CTRL-W <Left> same as "CTRL-W h" 593|CTRL-W_<Right>| CTRL-W <Right> same as "CTRL-W l" 594 595============================================================================== 5962.3 Square bracket commands *[* *]* 597 598tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 599------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 600|[_CTRL-D| [ CTRL-D jump to first #define found in current and 601 included files matching the word under the 602 cursor, start searching at beginning of 603 current file 604|[_CTRL-I| [ CTRL-I jump to first line in current and included 605 files that contains the word under the 606 cursor, start searching at beginning of 607 current file 608|[#| [# 1 cursor to N previous unmatched #if, #else 609 or #ifdef 610|['| [' 1 cursor to previous lowercase mark, on first 611 non-blank 612|[(| [( 1 cursor N times back to unmatched '(' 613|[star| [* 1 same as "[/" 614|[`| [` 1 cursor to previous lowercase mark 615|[/| [/ 1 cursor to N previous start of a C comment 616|[D| [D list all defines found in current and 617 included files matching the word under the 618 cursor, start searching at beginning of 619 current file 620|[I| [I list all lines found in current and 621 included files that contain the word under 622 the cursor, start searching at beginning of 623 current file 624|[P| [P 2 same as "[p" 625|[[| [[ 1 cursor N sections backward 626|[]| [] 1 cursor N SECTIONS backward 627|[c| [c 1 cursor N times backwards to start of change 628|[d| [d show first #define found in current and 629 included files matching the word under the 630 cursor, start searching at beginning of 631 current file 632|[f| [f same as "gf" 633|[i| [i show first line found in current and 634 included files that contains the word under 635 the cursor, start searching at beginning of 636 current file 637|[m| [m 1 cursor N times back to start of member 638 function 639|[p| [p 2 like "P", but adjust indent to current line 640|[s| [s 1 move to the previous misspelled word 641|[z| [z 1 move to start of open fold 642|[{| [{ 1 cursor N times back to unmatched '{' 643|[<MiddleMouse> [<MiddleMouse> 2 same as "[p" 644 645|]_CTRL-D| ] CTRL-D jump to first #define found in current and 646 included files matching the word under the 647 cursor, start searching at cursor position 648|]_CTRL-I| ] CTRL-I jump to first line in current and included 649 files that contains the word under the 650 cursor, start searching at cursor position 651|]#| ]# 1 cursor to N next unmatched #endif or #else 652|]'| ]' 1 cursor to next lowercase mark, on first 653 non-blank 654|])| ]) 1 cursor N times forward to unmatched ')' 655|]star| ]* 1 same as "]/" 656|]`| ]` 1 cursor to next lowercase mark 657|]/| ]/ 1 cursor to N next end of a C comment 658|]D| ]D list all #defines found in current and 659 included files matching the word under the 660 cursor, start searching at cursor position 661|]I| ]I list all lines found in current and 662 included files that contain the word under 663 the cursor, start searching at cursor 664 position 665|]P| ]P 2 same as "[p" 666|][| ][ 1 cursor N SECTIONS forward 667|]]| ]] 1 cursor N sections forward 668|]c| ]c 1 cursor N times forward to start of change 669|]d| ]d show first #define found in current and 670 included files matching the word under the 671 cursor, start searching at cursor position 672|]f| ]f same as "gf" 673|]i| ]i show first line found in current and 674 included files that contains the word under 675 the cursor, start searching at cursor 676 position 677|]m| ]m 1 cursor N times forward to end of member 678 function 679|]p| ]p 2 like "p", but adjust indent to current line 680|]s| ]s 1 move to next misspelled word 681|]z| ]z 1 move to end of open fold 682|]}| ]} 1 cursor N times forward to unmatched '}' 683|]<MiddleMouse> ]<MiddleMouse> 2 same as "]p" 684 685============================================================================== 6862.4 Commands starting with 'g' *g* 687 688tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 689------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 690|g_CTRL-A| g CTRL-A only when compiled with MEM_PROFILE 691 defined: dump a memory profile 692|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show information about current cursor 693 position 694|g_CTRL-H| g CTRL-H start Select block mode 695|g_CTRL-]| g CTRL-] |:tjump| to the tag under the cursor 696|g#| g# 1 like "#", but without using "\<" and "\>" 697|g$| g$ 1 when 'wrap' off go to rightmost character of 698 the current line that is on the screen; 699 when 'wrap' on go to the rightmost character 700 of the current screen line 701|g&| g& 2 repeat last ":s" on all lines 702|g'| g'{mark} 1 like |'| but without changing the jumplist 703|g`| g`{mark} 1 like |`| but without changing the jumplist 704|gstar| g* 1 like "*", but without using "\<" and "\>" 705|g0| g0 1 when 'wrap' off go to leftmost character of 706 the current line that is on the screen; 707 when 'wrap' on go to the leftmost character 708 of the current screen line 709|g8| g8 print hex value of bytes used in UTF-8 710 character under the cursor 711|g<| g< display previous command output 712|g?| g? 2 Rot13 encoding operator 713|g?g?| g?? 2 Rot13 encode current line 714|g?g?| g?g? 2 Rot13 encode current line 715|gD| gD 1 go to definition of word under the cursor 716 in current file 717|gE| gE 1 go backwards to the end of the previous 718 WORD 719|gH| gH start Select line mode 720|gI| gI 2 like "I", but always start in column 1 721|gJ| gJ 2 join lines without inserting space 722|gP| ["x]gP 2 put the text [from register x] before the 723 cursor N times, leave the cursor after it 724|gR| gR 2 enter Virtual Replace mode 725|gU| gU{motion} 2 make Nmove text uppercase 726|gV| gV don't reselect the previous Visual area 727 when executing a mapping or menu in Select 728 mode 729|g]| g] :tselect on the tag under the cursor 730|g^| g^ 1 when 'wrap' off go to leftmost non-white 731 character of the current line that is on 732 the screen; when 'wrap' on go to the 733 leftmost non-white character of the current 734 screen line 735|ga| ga print ascii value of character under the 736 cursor 737|gd| gd 1 go to definition of word under the cursor 738 in current function 739|ge| ge 1 go backwards to the end of the previous 740 word 741|gf| gf start editing the file whose name is under 742 the cursor 743|gF| gF start editing the file whose name is under 744 the cursor and jump to the line number 745 following the filename. 746|gg| gg 1 cursor to line N, default first line 747|gh| gh start Select mode 748|gi| gi 2 like "i", but first move to the |'^| mark 749|gj| gj 1 like "j", but when 'wrap' on go N screen 750 lines down 751|gk| gk 1 like "k", but when 'wrap' on go N screen 752 lines up 753|gm| gm 1 go to character at middle of the screenline 754|go| go 1 cursor to byte N in the buffer 755|gp| ["x]gp 2 put the text [from register x] after the 756 cursor N times, leave the cursor after it 757|gq| gq{motion} 2 format Nmove text 758|gr| gr{char} 2 virtual replace N chars with {char} 759|gs| gs go to sleep for N seconds (default 1) 760|gu| gu{motion} 2 make Nmove text lowercase 761|gv| gv reselect the previous Visual area 762|gw| gw{motion} 2 format Nmove text and keep cursor 763|netrw-gx| gx execute application for file name under the 764 cursor (only with |netrw| plugin) 765|g@| g@{motion} call 'operatorfunc' 766|g~| g~{motion} 2 swap case for Nmove text 767|g<Down>| g<Down> 1 same as "gj" 768|g<End>| g<End> 1 same as "g$" 769|g<Home>| g<Home> 1 same as "g0" 770|g<LeftMouse>| g<LeftMouse> same as <C-LeftMouse> 771 g<MiddleMouse> same as <C-MiddleMouse> 772|g<RightMouse>| g<RightMouse> same as <C-RightMouse> 773|g<Up>| g<Up> 1 same as "gk" 774 775============================================================================== 7762.5 Commands starting with 'z' *z* 777 778tag char note action in Normal mode ~ 779------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 780|z<CR>| z<CR> redraw, cursor line to top of window, 781 cursor on first non-blank 782|zN<CR>| z{height}<CR> redraw, make window {height} lines high 783|z+| z+ cursor on line N (default line below 784 window), otherwise like "z<CR>" 785|z-| z- redraw, cursor line at bottom of window, 786 cursor on first non-blank 787|z.| z. redraw, cursor line to center of window, 788 cursor on first non-blank 789|z=| z= give spelling suggestions 790|zA| zA open a closed fold or close an open fold 791 recursively 792|zC| zC close folds recursively 793|zD| zD delete folds recursively 794|zE| zE eliminate all folds 795|zF| zF create a fold for N lines 796|zG| zG mark word as good spelled word 797|zM| zM set 'foldlevel' to zero 798|zN| zN set 'foldenable' 799|zO| zO open folds recursively 800|zR| zR set 'foldlevel' to the deepest fold 801|zW| zW mark word as wrong (bad) spelled word 802|zX| zX re-apply 'foldlevel' 803|z^| z^ cursor on line N (default line above 804 window), otherwise like "z-" 805|za| za open a closed fold, close an open fold 806|zb| zb redraw, cursor line at bottom of window 807|zc| zc close a fold 808|zd| zd delete a fold 809|ze| ze when 'wrap' off scroll horizontally to 810 position the cursor at the end (right side) 811 of the screen 812|zf| zf{motion} create a fold for Nmove text 813|zg| zg mark word as good spelled word 814|zh| zh when 'wrap' off scroll screen N characters 815 to the right 816|zi| zi toggle 'foldenable' 817|zj| zj 1 move to the start of the next fold 818|zk| zk 1 move to the end of the previous fold 819|zl| zl when 'wrap' off scroll screen N characters 820 to the left 821|zm| zm subtract one from 'foldlevel' 822|zn| zn reset 'foldenable' 823|zo| zo open fold 824|zr| zr add one to 'foldlevel' 825|zs| zs when 'wrap' off scroll horizontally to 826 position the cursor at the start (left 827 side) of the screen 828|zt| zt redraw, cursor line at top of window 829|zv| zv open enough folds to view the cursor line 830|zw| zw mark word as wrong (bad) spelled word 831|zx| zx re-apply 'foldlevel' and do "zv" 832|zz| zz redraw, cursor line at center of window 833|z<Left>| z<Left> same as "zh" 834|z<Right>| z<Right> same as "zl" 835 836============================================================================== 8373. Visual mode *visual-index* 838 839Most commands in Visual mode are the same as in Normal mode. The ones listed 840here are those that are different. 841 842tag command note action in Visual mode ~ 843------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 844|v_CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N stop Visual mode 845|v_CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode' 846|v_CTRL-C| CTRL-C stop Visual mode 847|v_CTRL-G| CTRL-G toggle between Visual mode and Select mode 848|v_<BS>| <BS> 2 Select mode: delete highlighted area 849|v_CTRL-H| CTRL-H 2 same as <BS> 850|v_CTRL-O| CTRL-O switch from Select to Visual mode for one 851 command 852|v_CTRL-V| CTRL-V make Visual mode blockwise or stop Visual 853 mode 854|v_<Esc>| <Esc> stop Visual mode 855|v_CTRL-]| CTRL-] jump to highlighted tag 856|v_!| !{filter} 2 filter the highlighted lines through the 857 external command {filter} 858|v_:| : start a command-line with the highlighted 859 lines as a range 860|v_<| < 2 shift the highlighted lines one 861 'shiftwidth' left 862|v_=| = 2 filter the highlighted lines through the 863 external program given with the 'equalprg' 864 option 865|v_>| > 2 shift the highlighted lines one 866 'shiftwidth' right 867|v_b_A| A 2 block mode: append same text in all lines, 868 after the highlighted area 869|v_C| C 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 870 insert 871|v_D| D 2 delete the highlighted lines 872|v_b_I| I 2 block mode: insert same text in all lines, 873 before the highlighted area 874|v_J| J 2 join the highlighted lines 875|v_K| K run 'keywordprg' on the highlighted area 876|v_O| O Move horizontally to other corner of area. 877 Q does not start Ex mode 878|v_R| R 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 879 insert 880|v_S| S 2 delete the highlighted lines and start 881 insert 882|v_U| U 2 make highlighted area uppercase 883|v_V| V make Visual mode linewise or stop Visual 884 mode 885|v_X| X 2 delete the highlighted lines 886|v_Y| Y yank the highlighted lines 887|v_aquote| a" extend highlighted area with a double 888 quoted string 889|v_a'| a' extend highlighted area with a single 890 quoted string 891|v_a(| a( same as ab 892|v_a)| a) same as ab 893|v_a<| a< extend highlighted area with a <> block 894|v_a>| a> same as a< 895|v_aB| aB extend highlighted area with a {} block 896|v_aW| aW extend highlighted area with "a WORD" 897|v_a[| a[ extend highlighted area with a [] block 898|v_a]| a] same as a[ 899|v_a`| a` extend highlighted area with a backtick 900 quoted string 901|v_ab| ab extend highlighted area with a () block 902|v_ap| ap extend highlighted area with a paragraph 903|v_as| as extend highlighted area with a sentence 904|v_at| at extend highlighted area with a tag block 905|v_aw| aw extend highlighted area with "a word" 906|v_a{| a{ same as aB 907|v_a}| a} same as aB 908|v_c| c 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 909|v_d| d 2 delete highlighted area 910|v_gJ| gJ 2 join the highlighted lines without 911 inserting spaces 912|v_gq| gq 2 format the highlighted lines 913|v_gv| gv exchange current and previous highlighted 914 area 915|v_iquote| i" extend highlighted area with a double 916 quoted string (without quotes) 917|v_i'| i' extend highlighted area with a single 918 quoted string (without quotes) 919|v_i(| i( same as ib 920|v_i)| i) same as ib 921|v_i<| i< extend highlighted area with inner <> block 922|v_i>| i> same as i< 923|v_iB| iB extend highlighted area with inner {} block 924|v_iW| iW extend highlighted area with "inner WORD" 925|v_i[| i[ extend highlighted area with inner [] block 926|v_i]| i] same as i[ 927|v_i`| i` extend highlighted area with a backtick 928 quoted string (without the backticks) 929|v_ib| ib extend highlighted area with inner () block 930|v_ip| ip extend highlighted area with inner paragraph 931|v_is| is extend highlighted area with inner sentence 932|v_it| it extend highlighted area with inner tag block 933|v_iw| iw extend highlighted area with "inner word" 934|v_i{| i{ same as iB 935|v_i}| i} same as iB 936|v_o| o move cursor to other corner of area 937|v_r| r 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 938|v_s| s 2 delete highlighted area and start insert 939|v_u| u 2 make highlighted area lowercase 940|v_v| v make Visual mode characterwise or stop 941 Visual mode 942|v_x| x 2 delete the highlighted area 943|v_y| y yank the highlighted area 944|v_~| ~ 2 swap case for the highlighted area 945 946============================================================================== 9474. Command-line editing *ex-edit-index* 948 949Get to the command-line with the ':', '!', '/' or '?' commands. 950Normal characters are inserted at the current cursor position. 951"Completion" below refers to context-sensitive completion. It will complete 952file names, tags, commands etc. as appropriate. 953 954 CTRL-@ not used 955|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A do completion on the pattern in front of the 956 cursor and insert all matches 957|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B cursor to begin of command-line 958|c_CTRL-C| CTRL-C same as <ESC> 959|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list completions that match the pattern in 960 front of the cursor 961|c_CTRL-E| CTRL-E cursor to end of command-line 962|'cedit'| CTRL-F default value for 'cedit': opens the 963 command-line window; otherwise not used 964 CTRL-G not used 965|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 966|c_digraph| {char1} <BS> {char2} 967 enter digraph when 'digraph' is on 968|c_CTRL-H| CTRL-H same as <BS> 969|c_<Tab>| <Tab> if 'wildchar' is <Tab>: Do completion on 970 the pattern in front of the cursor 971|c_<S-Tab>| <S-Tab> same as CTRL-P 972|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' Do completion on the pattern in front of the 973 cursor (default: <Tab>) 974|c_CTRL-I| CTRL-I same as <Tab> 975|c_<NL>| <NL> same as <CR> 976|c_CTRL-J| CTRL-J same as <CR> 977|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 978 enter digraph 979|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L do completion on the pattern in front of the 980 cursor and insert the longest common part 981|c_<CR>| <CR> execute entered command 982|c_<CR>| CTRL-M same as <CR> 983|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after using 'wildchar' with multiple matches: 984 go to next match, otherwise: same as <Down> 985 CTRL-O not used 986|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after using 'wildchar' with multiple matches: 987 go to previous match, otherwise: same as <Up> 988|c_CTRL-Q| CTRL-Q same as CTRL-V, unless it's used for terminal 989 control flow 990|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:= CTRL-F CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-A} 991 insert the contents of a register or object 992 under the cursor as if typed 993|c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| CTRL-R CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#*:= CTRL-F CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-A} 994 insert the contents of a register or object 995 under the cursor literally 996 CTRL-S (used for terminal control flow) 997 CTRL-T not used 998|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 999|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V insert next non-digit literally, insert three 1000 digit decimal number as a single byte. 1001|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 1002 CTRL-X not used (reserved for completion) 1003 CTRL-Y copy (yank) modeless selection 1004 CTRL-Z not used (reserved for suspend) 1005|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line without executing it 1006|c_<Esc>| CTRL-[ same as <Esc> 1007|c_CTRL-\_CTRL-N| CTRL-\ CTRL-N go to Normal mode, abandon command-line 1008|c_CTRL-\_CTRL-G| CTRL-\ CTRL-G go to mode specified with 'insertmode', 1009 abandon command-line 1010 CTRL-\ a - d reserved for extensions 1011|c_CTRL-\_e| CTRL-\ e {expr} replace the command line with the result of 1012 {expr} 1013 CTRL-\ f - z reserved for extensions 1014 CTRL-\ others not used 1015|c_CTRL-]| CTRL-] trigger abbreviation 1016|c_CTRL-^| CTRL-^ toggle use of |:lmap| mappings 1017|c_CTRL-_| CTRL-_ when 'allowrevins' set: change language 1018 (Hebrew, Farsi) 1019|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 1020 1021|c_<Left>| <Left> cursor left 1022|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left> cursor one word left 1023|c_<C-Left>| <C-Left> cursor one word left 1024|c_<Right>| <Right> cursor right 1025|c_<S-Right>| <S-Right> cursor one word right 1026|c_<C-Right>| <C-Right> cursor one word right 1027|c_<Up>| <Up> recall previous command-line from history that 1028 matches pattern in front of the cursor 1029|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up> recall previous command-line from history 1030|c_<Down>| <Down> recall next command-line from history that 1031 matches pattern in front of the cursor 1032|c_<S-Down>| <S-Down> recall next command-line from history 1033|c_<Home>| <Home> cursor to start of command-line 1034|c_<End>| <End> cursor to end of command-line 1035|c_<PageDown>| <PageDown> same as <S-Down> 1036|c_<PageUp>| <PageUp> same as <S-Up> 1037|c_<Insert>| <Insert> toggle insert/overstrike mode 1038|c_<LeftMouse>| <LeftMouse> cursor at mouse click 1039 1040You found it, Arthur! *holy-grail* 1041 1042============================================================================== 10435. EX commands *ex-cmd-index* *:index* 1044 1045This is a brief but complete listing of all the ":" commands, without 1046mentioning any arguments. The optional part of the command name is inside []. 1047The commands are sorted on the non-optional part of their name. 1048 1049|:!| :! filter lines or execute an external command 1050|:!!| :!! repeat last ":!" command 1051|:#| :# same as ":number" 1052|:&| :& repeat last ":substitute" 1053|:star| :* execute contents of a register 1054|:<| :< shift lines one 'shiftwidth' left 1055|:=| := print the cursor line number 1056|:>| :> shift lines one 'shiftwidth' right 1057|:@| :@ execute contents of a register 1058|:@@| :@@ repeat the previous ":@" 1059|:Next| :N[ext] go to previous file in the argument list 1060|:Print| :P[rint] print lines 1061|:X| :X ask for encryption key 1062|:append| :a[ppend] append text 1063|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] enter abbreviation 1064|:abclear| :abc[lear] remove all abbreviations 1065|:aboveleft| :abo[veleft] make split window appear left or above 1066|:all| :al[l] open a window for each file in the argument 1067 list 1068|:amenu| :am[enu] enter new menu item for all modes 1069|:anoremenu| :an[oremenu] enter a new menu for all modes that will not 1070 be remapped 1071|:args| :ar[gs] print the argument list 1072|:argadd| :arga[dd] add items to the argument list 1073|:argdelete| :argd[elete] delete items from the argument list 1074|:argedit| :arge[dit] add item to the argument list and edit it 1075|:argdo| :argdo do a command on all items in the argument list 1076|:argglobal| :argg[lobal] define the global argument list 1077|:arglocal| :argl[ocal] define a local argument list 1078|:argument| :argu[ment] go to specific file in the argument list 1079|:ascii| :as[cii] print ascii value of character under the cursor 1080|:autocmd| :au[tocmd] enter or show autocommands 1081|:augroup| :aug[roup] select the autocommand group to use 1082|:aunmenu| :aun[menu] remove menu for all modes 1083|:buffer| :b[uffer] go to specific buffer in the buffer list 1084|:bNext| :bN[ext] go to previous buffer in the buffer list 1085|:ball| :ba[ll] open a window for each buffer in the buffer list 1086|:badd| :bad[d] add buffer to the buffer list 1087|:bdelete| :bd[elete] remove a buffer from the buffer list 1088|:behave| :be[have] set mouse and selection behavior 1089|:belowright| :bel[owright] make split window appear right or below 1090|:bfirst| :bf[irst] go to first buffer in the buffer list 1091|:blast| :bl[ast] go to last buffer in the buffer list 1092|:bmodified| :bm[odified] go to next buffer in the buffer list that has 1093 been modified 1094|:bnext| :bn[ext] go to next buffer in the buffer list 1095|:botright| :bo[tright] make split window appear at bottom or far right 1096|:bprevious| :bp[revious] go to previous buffer in the buffer list 1097|:brewind| :br[ewind] go to first buffer in the buffer list 1098|:break| :brea[k] break out of while loop 1099|:breakadd| :breaka[dd] add a debugger breakpoint 1100|:breakdel| :breakd[el] delete a debugger breakpoint 1101|:breaklist| :breakl[ist] list debugger breakpoints 1102|:browse| :bro[wse] use file selection dialog 1103|:bufdo| :bufdo execute command in each listed buffer 1104|:buffers| :buffers list all files in the buffer list 1105|:bunload| :bun[load] unload a specific buffer 1106|:bwipeout| :bw[ipeout] really delete a buffer 1107|:change| :c[hange] replace a line or series of lines 1108|:cNext| :cN[ext] go to previous error 1109|:cNfile| :cNf[ile] go to last error in previous file 1110|:cabbrev| :ca[bbrev] like ":abbreviate" but for Command-line mode 1111|:cabclear| :cabc[lear] clear all abbreviations for Command-line mode 1112|:caddbuffer| :caddb[uffer] add errors from buffer 1113|:caddexpr| :cad[dexpr] add errors from expr 1114|:caddfile| :caddf[ile] add error message to current quickfix list 1115|:call| :cal[l] call a function 1116|:catch| :cat[ch] part of a :try command 1117|:cbuffer| :cb[uffer] parse error messages and jump to first error 1118|:cc| :cc go to specific error 1119|:cclose| :ccl[ose] close quickfix window 1120|:cd| :cd change directory 1121|:center| :ce[nter] format lines at the center 1122|:cexpr| :cex[pr] read errors from expr and jump to first 1123|:cfile| :cf[ile] read file with error messages and jump to first 1124|:cfirst| :cfir[st] go to the specified error, default first one 1125|:cgetbuffer| :cgetb[uffer] get errors from buffer 1126|:cgetexpr| :cgete[xpr] get errors from expr 1127|:cgetfile| :cg[etfile] read file with error messages 1128|:changes| :cha[nges] print the change list 1129|:chdir| :chd[ir] change directory 1130|:checkpath| :che[ckpath] list included files 1131|:checktime| :checkt[ime] check timestamp of loaded buffers 1132|:clist| :cl[ist] list all errors 1133|:clast| :cla[st] go to the specified error, default last one 1134|:close| :clo[se] close current window 1135|:cmap| :cm[ap] like ":map" but for Command-line mode 1136|:cmapclear| :cmapc[lear] clear all mappings for Command-line mode 1137|:cmenu| :cme[nu] add menu for Command-line mode 1138|:cnext| :cn[ext] go to next error 1139|:cnewer| :cnew[er] go to newer error list 1140|:cnfile| :cnf[ile] go to first error in next file 1141|:cnoremap| :cno[remap] like ":noremap" but for Command-line mode 1142|:cnoreabbrev| :cnorea[bbrev] like ":noreabbrev" but for Command-line mode 1143|:cnoremenu| :cnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Command-line mode 1144|:copy| :co[py] copy lines 1145|:colder| :col[der] go to older error list 1146|:colorscheme| :colo[rscheme] load a specific color scheme 1147|:command| :com[mand] create user-defined command 1148|:comclear| :comc[lear] clear all user-defined commands 1149|:compiler| :comp[iler] do settings for a specific compiler 1150|:continue| :con[tinue] go back to :while 1151|:confirm| :conf[irm] prompt user when confirmation required 1152|:copen| :cope[n] open quickfix window 1153|:cprevious| :cp[revious] go to previous error 1154|:cpfile| :cpf[ile] go to last error in previous file 1155|:cquit| :cq[uit] quit Vim with an error code 1156|:crewind| :cr[ewind] go to the specified error, default first one 1157|:cscope| :cs[cope] execute cscope command 1158|:cstag| :cst[ag] use cscope to jump to a tag 1159|:cunmap| :cu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Command-line mode 1160|:cunabbrev| :cuna[bbrev] like ":unabbrev" but for Command-line mode 1161|:cunmenu| :cunme[nu] remove menu for Command-line mode 1162|:cwindow| :cw[indow] open or close quickfix window 1163|:delete| :d[elete] delete lines 1164|:delmarks| :delm[arks] delete marks 1165|:debug| :deb[ug] run a command in debugging mode 1166|:debuggreedy| :debugg[reedy] read debug mode commands from normal input 1167|:delcommand| :delc[ommand] delete user-defined command 1168|:delfunction| :delf[unction] delete a user function 1169|:diffupdate| :dif[fupdate] update 'diff' buffers 1170|:diffget| :diffg[et] remove differences in current buffer 1171|:diffoff| :diffo[ff] switch off diff mode 1172|:diffpatch| :diffp[atch] apply a patch and show differences 1173|:diffput| :diffpu[t] remove differences in other buffer 1174|:diffsplit| :diffs[plit] show differences with another file 1175|:diffthis| :diffthis make current window a diff window 1176|:digraphs| :dig[raphs] show or enter digraphs 1177|:display| :di[splay] display registers 1178|:djump| :dj[ump] jump to #define 1179|:dlist| :dl[ist] list #defines 1180|:doautocmd| :do[autocmd] apply autocommands to current buffer 1181|:doautoall| :doautoa[ll] apply autocommands for all loaded buffers 1182|:drop| :dr[op] jump to window editing file or edit file in 1183 current window 1184|:dsearch| :ds[earch] list one #define 1185|:dsplit| :dsp[lit] split window and jump to #define 1186|:edit| :e[dit] edit a file 1187|:earlier| :ea[rlier] go to older change, undo 1188|:echo| :ec[ho] echoes the result of expressions 1189|:echoerr| :echoe[rr] like :echo, show like an error and use history 1190|:echohl| :echoh[l] set highlighting for echo commands 1191|:echomsg| :echom[sg] same as :echo, put message in history 1192|:echon| :echon same as :echo, but without <EOL> 1193|:else| :el[se] part of an :if command 1194|:elseif| :elsei[f] part of an :if command 1195|:emenu| :em[enu] execute a menu by name 1196|:endif| :en[dif] end previous :if 1197|:endfor| :endfo[r] end previous :for 1198|:endfunction| :endf[unction] end of a user function 1199|:endtry| :endt[ry] end previous :try 1200|:endwhile| :endw[hile] end previous :while 1201|:enew| :ene[w] edit a new, unnamed buffer 1202|:ex| :ex same as ":edit" 1203|:execute| :exe[cute] execute result of expressions 1204|:exit| :exi[t] same as ":xit" 1205|:exusage| :exu[sage] overview of Ex commands 1206|:file| :f[ile] show or set the current file name 1207|:files| :files list all files in the buffer list 1208|:filetype| :filet[ype] switch file type detection on/off 1209|:find| :fin[d] find file in 'path' and edit it 1210|:finally| :fina[lly] part of a :try command 1211|:finish| :fini[sh] quit sourcing a Vim script 1212|:first| :fir[st] go to the first file in the argument list 1213|:fixdel| :fix[del] set key code of <Del> 1214|:fold| :fo[ld] create a fold 1215|:foldclose| :foldc[lose] close folds 1216|:folddoopen| :foldd[oopen] execute command on lines not in a closed fold 1217|:folddoclosed| :folddoc[losed] execute command on lines in a closed fold 1218|:foldopen| :foldo[pen] open folds 1219|:for| :for for loop 1220|:function| :fu[nction] define a user function 1221|:global| :g[lobal] execute commands for matching lines 1222|:goto| :go[to] go to byte in the buffer 1223|:grep| :gr[ep] run 'grepprg' and jump to first match 1224|:grepadd| :grepa[dd] like :grep, but append to current list 1225|:gui| :gu[i] start the GUI 1226|:gvim| :gv[im] start the GUI 1227|:hardcopy| :ha[rdcopy] send text to the printer 1228|:help| :h[elp] open a help window 1229|:helpfind| :helpf[ind] dialog to open a help window 1230|:helpgrep| :helpg[rep] like ":grep" but searches help files 1231|:helptags| :helpt[ags] generate help tags for a directory 1232|:highlight| :hi[ghlight] specify highlighting methods 1233|:hide| :hid[e] hide current buffer for a command 1234|:history| :his[tory] print a history list 1235|:insert| :i[nsert] insert text 1236|:iabbrev| :ia[bbrev] like ":abbrev" but for Insert mode 1237|:iabclear| :iabc[lear] like ":abclear" but for Insert mode 1238|:if| :if execute commands when condition met 1239|:ijump| :ij[ump] jump to definition of identifier 1240|:ilist| :il[ist] list lines where identifier matches 1241|:imap| :im[ap] like ":map" but for Insert mode 1242|:imapclear| :imapc[lear] like ":mapclear" but for Insert mode 1243|:imenu| :ime[nu] add menu for Insert mode 1244|:inoremap| :ino[remap] like ":noremap" but for Insert mode 1245|:inoreabbrev| :inorea[bbrev] like ":noreabbrev" but for Insert mode 1246|:inoremenu| :inoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Insert mode 1247|:intro| :int[ro] print the introductory message 1248|:isearch| :is[earch] list one line where identifier matches 1249|:isplit| :isp[lit] split window and jump to definition of 1250 identifier 1251|:iunmap| :iu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Insert mode 1252|:iunabbrev| :iuna[bbrev] like ":unabbrev" but for Insert mode 1253|:iunmenu| :iunme[nu] remove menu for Insert mode 1254|:join| :j[oin] join lines 1255|:jumps| :ju[mps] print the jump list 1256|:k| :k set a mark 1257|:keepalt| :keepa[lt] following command keeps the alternate file 1258|:keepmarks| :kee[pmarks] following command keeps marks where they are 1259|:keepjumps| :keepj[jumps] following command keeps jumplist and marks 1260|:lNext| :lN[ext] go to previous entry in location list 1261|:lNfile| :lNf[ile] go to last entry in previous file 1262|:list| :l[ist] print lines 1263|:laddexpr| :lad[dexpr] add locations from expr 1264|:laddbuffer| :laddb[uffer] add locations from buffer 1265|:laddfile| :laddf[ile] add locations to current location list 1266|:last| :la[st] go to the last file in the argument list 1267|:language| :lan[guage] set the language (locale) 1268|:later| :lat[er] go to newer change, redo 1269|:lbuffer| :lb[uffer] parse locations and jump to first location 1270|:lcd| :lc[d] change directory locally 1271|:lchdir| :lch[dir] change directory locally 1272|:lclose| :lcl[ose] close location window 1273|:lcscope| :lcs[cope] like ":cscope" but uses location list 1274|:left| :le[ft] left align lines 1275|:leftabove| :lefta[bove] make split window appear left or above 1276|:let| :let assign a value to a variable or option 1277|:lexpr| :lex[pr] read locations from expr and jump to first 1278|:lfile| :lf[ile] read file with locations and jump to first 1279|:lfirst| :lfir[st] go to the specified location, default first one 1280|:lgetbuffer| :lgetb[uffer] get locations from buffer 1281|:lgetexpr| :lgete[xpr] get locations from expr 1282|:lgetfile| :lg[etfile] read file with locations 1283|:lgrep| :lgr[ep] run 'grepprg' and jump to first match 1284|:lgrepadd| :lgrepa[dd] like :grep, but append to current list 1285|:lhelpgrep| :lh[elpgrep] like ":helpgrep" but uses location list 1286|:ll| :ll go to specific location 1287|:llast| :lla[st] go to the specified location, default last one 1288|:llist| :lli[st] list all locations 1289|:lmake| :lmak[e] execute external command 'makeprg' and parse 1290 error messages 1291|:lmap| :lm[ap] like ":map!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1292|:lmapclear| :lmapc[lear] like ":mapclear!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1293|:lnext| :lne[xt] go to next location 1294|:lnewer| :lnew[er] go to newer location list 1295|:lnfile| :lnf[ile] go to first location in next file 1296|:lnoremap| :ln[oremap] like ":noremap!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1297|:loadkeymap| :loadk[eymap] load the following keymaps until EOF 1298|:loadview| :lo[adview] load view for current window from a file 1299|:lockmarks| :loc[kmarks] following command keeps marks where they are 1300|:lockvar| :lockv[ar] lock variables 1301|:lolder| :lol[der] go to older location list 1302|:lopen| :lope[n] open location window 1303|:lprevious| :lp[revious] go to previous location 1304|:lpfile| :lpf[ile] go to last location in previous file 1305|:lrewind| :lr[ewind] go to the specified location, default first one 1306|:ls| :ls list all buffers 1307|:ltag| :lt[ag] jump to tag and add matching tags to the 1308 location list 1309|:lunmap| :lu[nmap] like ":unmap!" but includes Lang-Arg mode 1310|:lua| :lua execute |Lua| command 1311|:luado| :luad[o] execute Lua command for each line 1312|:luafile| :luaf[ile] execute |Lua| script file 1313|:lvimgrep| :lv[imgrep] search for pattern in files 1314|:lvimgrepadd| :lvimgrepa[dd] like :vimgrep, but append to current list 1315|:lwindow| :lw[indow] open or close location window 1316|:move| :m[ove] move lines 1317|:mark| :ma[rk] set a mark 1318|:make| :mak[e] execute external command 'makeprg' and parse 1319 error messages 1320|:map| :map show or enter a mapping 1321|:mapclear| :mapc[lear] clear all mappings for Normal and Visual mode 1322|:marks| :marks list all marks 1323|:match| :mat[ch] define a match to highlight 1324|:menu| :me[nu] enter a new menu item 1325|:menutranslate| :menut[ranslate] add a menu translation item 1326|:messages| :mes[sages] view previously displayed messages 1327|:mkexrc| :mk[exrc] write current mappings and settings to a file 1328|:mksession| :mks[ession] write session info to a file 1329|:mkspell| :mksp[ell] produce .spl spell file 1330|:mkvimrc| :mkv[imrc] write current mappings and settings to a file 1331|:mkview| :mkvie[w] write view of current window to a file 1332|:mode| :mod[e] show or change the screen mode 1333|:mzscheme| :mz[scheme] execute MzScheme command 1334|:mzfile| :mzf[ile] execute MzScheme script file 1335|:nbclose| :nbc[lose] close the current Netbeans session 1336|:nbkey| :nb[key] pass a key to Netbeans 1337|:nbstart| :nbs[art] start a new Netbeans session 1338|:next| :n[ext] go to next file in the argument list 1339|:new| :new create a new empty window 1340|:nmap| :nm[ap] like ":map" but for Normal mode 1341|:nmapclear| :nmapc[lear] clear all mappings for Normal mode 1342|:nmenu| :nme[nu] add menu for Normal mode 1343|:nnoremap| :nn[oremap] like ":noremap" but for Normal mode 1344|:nnoremenu| :nnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Normal mode 1345|:noautocmd| :noa[utocmd] following command don't trigger autocommands 1346|:noremap| :no[remap] enter a mapping that will not be remapped 1347|:nohlsearch| :noh[lsearch] suspend 'hlsearch' highlighting 1348|:noreabbrev| :norea[bbrev] enter an abbreviation that will not be 1349 remapped 1350|:noremenu| :noreme[nu] enter a menu that will not be remapped 1351|:normal| :norm[al] execute Normal mode commands 1352|:number| :nu[mber] print lines with line number 1353|:nunmap| :nun[map] like ":unmap" but for Normal mode 1354|:nunmenu| :nunme[nu] remove menu for Normal mode 1355|:oldfiles| :ol[dfiles] list files that have marks in the viminfo file 1356|:open| :o[pen] start open mode (not implemented) 1357|:omap| :om[ap] like ":map" but for Operator-pending mode 1358|:omapclear| :omapc[lear] remove all mappings for Operator-pending mode 1359|:omenu| :ome[nu] add menu for Operator-pending mode 1360|:only| :on[ly] close all windows except the current one 1361|:onoremap| :ono[remap] like ":noremap" but for Operator-pending mode 1362|:onoremenu| :onoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Operator-pending mode 1363|:options| :opt[ions] open the options-window 1364|:ounmap| :ou[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Operator-pending mode 1365|:ounmenu| :ounme[nu] remove menu for Operator-pending mode 1366|:ownsyntax| :ow[nsyntax] set new local syntax highlight for this window 1367|:pclose| :pc[lose] close preview window 1368|:pedit| :ped[it] edit file in the preview window 1369|:perl| :pe[rl] execute Perl command 1370|:print| :p[rint] print lines 1371|:profdel| :profd[el] stop profiling a function or script 1372|:profile| :prof[ile] profiling functions and scripts 1373|:promptfind| :pro[mptfind] open GUI dialog for searching 1374|:promptrepl| :promptr[epl] open GUI dialog for search/replace 1375|:perldo| :perld[o] execute Perl command for each line 1376|:pop| :po[p] jump to older entry in tag stack 1377|:popup| :pop[up] popup a menu by name 1378|:ppop| :pp[op] ":pop" in preview window 1379|:preserve| :pre[serve] write all text to swap file 1380|:previous| :prev[ious] go to previous file in argument list 1381|:psearch| :ps[earch] like ":ijump" but shows match in preview window 1382|:ptag| :pt[ag] show tag in preview window 1383|:ptNext| :ptN[ext] |:tNext| in preview window 1384|:ptfirst| :ptf[irst] |:trewind| in preview window 1385|:ptjump| :ptj[ump] |:tjump| and show tag in preview window 1386|:ptlast| :ptl[ast] |:tlast| in preview window 1387|:ptnext| :ptn[ext] |:tnext| in preview window 1388|:ptprevious| :ptp[revious] |:tprevious| in preview window 1389|:ptrewind| :ptr[ewind] |:trewind| in preview window 1390|:ptselect| :pts[elect] |:tselect| and show tag in preview window 1391|:put| :pu[t] insert contents of register in the text 1392|:pwd| :pw[d] print current directory 1393|:py3| :py3 execute Python 3 command 1394|:python3| :python3 same as :py3 1395|:py3file| :py3f[ile] execute Python 3 script file 1396|:python| :py[thon] execute Python command 1397|:pyfile| :pyf[ile] execute Python script file 1398|:quit| :q[uit] quit current window (when one window quit Vim) 1399|:quitall| :quita[ll] quit Vim 1400|:qall| :qa[ll] quit Vim 1401|:read| :r[ead] read file into the text 1402|:recover| :rec[over] recover a file from a swap file 1403|:redo| :red[o] redo one undone change 1404|:redir| :redi[r] redirect messages to a file or register 1405|:redraw| :redr[aw] force a redraw of the display 1406|:redrawstatus| :redraws[tatus] force a redraw of the status line(s) 1407|:registers| :reg[isters] display the contents of registers 1408|:resize| :res[ize] change current window height 1409|:retab| :ret[ab] change tab size 1410|:return| :retu[rn] return from a user function 1411|:rewind| :rew[ind] go to the first file in the argument list 1412|:right| :ri[ght] right align text 1413|:rightbelow| :rightb[elow] make split window appear right or below 1414|:ruby| :rub[y] execute Ruby command 1415|:rubydo| :rubyd[o] execute Ruby command for each line 1416|:rubyfile| :rubyf[ile] execute Ruby script file 1417|:rundo| :rund[o] read undo information from a file 1418|:runtime| :ru[ntime] source vim scripts in 'runtimepath' 1419|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] read from viminfo file 1420|:substitute| :s[ubstitute] find and replace text 1421|:sNext| :sN[ext] split window and go to previous file in 1422 argument list 1423|:sandbox| :san[dbox] execute a command in the sandbox 1424|:sargument| :sa[rgument] split window and go to specific file in 1425 argument list 1426|:sall| :sal[l] open a window for each file in argument list 1427|:saveas| :sav[eas] save file under another name. 1428|:sbuffer| :sb[uffer] split window and go to specific file in the 1429 buffer list 1430|:sbNext| :sbN[ext] split window and go to previous file in the 1431 buffer list 1432|:sball| :sba[ll] open a window for each file in the buffer list 1433|:sbfirst| :sbf[irst] split window and go to first file in the 1434 buffer list 1435|:sblast| :sbl[ast] split window and go to last file in buffer 1436 list 1437|:sbmodified| :sbm[odified] split window and go to modified file in the 1438 buffer list 1439|:sbnext| :sbn[ext] split window and go to next file in the buffer 1440 list 1441|:sbprevious| :sbp[revious] split window and go to previous file in the 1442 buffer list 1443|:sbrewind| :sbr[ewind] split window and go to first file in the 1444 buffer list 1445|:scriptnames| :scrip[tnames] list names of all sourced Vim scripts 1446|:scriptencoding| :scripte[ncoding] encoding used in sourced Vim script 1447|:scscope| :scs[cope] split window and execute cscope command 1448|:set| :se[t] show or set options 1449|:setfiletype| :setf[iletype] set 'filetype', unless it was set already 1450|:setglobal| :setg[lobal] show global values of options 1451|:setlocal| :setl[ocal] show or set options locally 1452|:sfind| :sf[ind] split current window and edit file in 'path' 1453|:sfirst| :sfir[st] split window and go to first file in the 1454 argument list 1455|:shell| :sh[ell] escape to a shell 1456|:simalt| :sim[alt] Win32 GUI: simulate Windows ALT key 1457|:sign| :sig[n] manipulate signs 1458|:silent| :sil[ent] run a command silently 1459|:sleep| :sl[eep] do nothing for a few seconds 1460|:slast| :sla[st] split window and go to last file in the 1461 argument list 1462|:smagic| :sm[agic] :substitute with 'magic' 1463|:smap| :sma[p] like ":map" but for Select mode 1464|:smapclear| :smapc[lear] remove all mappings for Select mode 1465|:smenu| :sme[nu] add menu for Select mode 1466|:snext| :sn[ext] split window and go to next file in the 1467 argument list 1468|:sniff| :sni[ff] send request to sniff 1469|:snomagic| :sno[magic] :substitute with 'nomagic' 1470|:snoremap| :snor[emap] like ":noremap" but for Select mode 1471|:snoremenu| :snoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Select mode 1472|:sort| :sor[t] sort lines 1473|:source| :so[urce] read Vim or Ex commands from a file 1474|:spelldump| :spelld[ump] split window and fill with all correct words 1475|:spellgood| :spe[llgood] add good word for spelling 1476|:spellinfo| :spelli[nfo] show info about loaded spell files 1477|:spellrepall| :spellr[epall] replace all bad words like last |z=| 1478|:spellundo| :spellu[ndo] remove good or bad word 1479|:spellwrong| :spellw[rong] add spelling mistake 1480|:split| :sp[lit] split current window 1481|:sprevious| :spr[evious] split window and go to previous file in the 1482 argument list 1483|:srewind| :sre[wind] split window and go to first file in the 1484 argument list 1485|:stop| :st[op] suspend the editor or escape to a shell 1486|:stag| :sta[g] split window and jump to a tag 1487|:startinsert| :star[tinsert] start Insert mode 1488|:startgreplace| :startg[replace] start Virtual Replace mode 1489|:startreplace| :startr[eplace] start Replace mode 1490|:stopinsert| :stopi[nsert] stop Insert mode 1491|:stjump| :stj[ump] do ":tjump" and split window 1492|:stselect| :sts[elect] do ":tselect" and split window 1493|:sunhide| :sun[hide] same as ":unhide" 1494|:sunmap| :sunm[ap] like ":unmap" but for Select mode 1495|:sunmenu| :sunme[nu] remove menu for Select mode 1496|:suspend| :sus[pend] same as ":stop" 1497|:sview| :sv[iew] split window and edit file read-only 1498|:swapname| :sw[apname] show the name of the current swap file 1499|:syntax| :sy[ntax] syntax highlighting 1500|:syncbind| :sync[bind] sync scroll binding 1501|:t| :t same as ":copy" 1502|:tNext| :tN[ext] jump to previous matching tag 1503|:tabNext| :tabN[ext] go to previous tab page 1504|:tabclose| :tabc[lose] close current tab page 1505|:tabdo| :tabdo execute command in each tab page 1506|:tabedit| :tabe[dit] edit a file in a new tab page 1507|:tabfind| :tabf[ind] find file in 'path', edit it in a new tab page 1508|:tabfirst| :tabfir[st] got to first tab page 1509|:tablast| :tabl[ast] got to last tab page 1510|:tabmove| :tabm[ove] move tab page to other position 1511|:tabnew| :tabnew edit a file in a new tab page 1512|:tabnext| :tabn[ext] go to next tab page 1513|:tabonly| :tabo[nly] close all tab pages except the current one 1514|:tabprevious| :tabp[revious] go to previous tab page 1515|:tabrewind| :tabr[ewind] got to first tab page 1516|:tabs| :tabs list the tab pages and what they contain 1517|:tab| :tab create new tab when opening new window 1518|:tag| :ta[g] jump to tag 1519|:tags| :tags show the contents of the tag stack 1520|:tcl| :tc[l] execute Tcl command 1521|:tcldo| :tcld[o] execute Tcl command for each line 1522|:tclfile| :tclf[ile] execute Tcl script file 1523|:tearoff| :te[aroff] tear-off a menu 1524|:tfirst| :tf[irst] jump to first matching tag 1525|:throw| :th[row] throw an exception 1526|:tjump| :tj[ump] like ":tselect", but jump directly when there 1527 is only one match 1528|:tlast| :tl[ast] jump to last matching tag 1529|:tmenu| :tm[enu] define menu tooltip 1530|:tnext| :tn[ext] jump to next matching tag 1531|:topleft| :to[pleft] make split window appear at top or far left 1532|:tprevious| :tp[revious] jump to previous matching tag 1533|:trewind| :tr[ewind] jump to first matching tag 1534|:try| :try execute commands, abort on error or exception 1535|:tselect| :ts[elect] list matching tags and select one 1536|:tunmenu| :tu[nmenu] remove menu tooltip 1537|:undo| :u[ndo] undo last change(s) 1538|:undojoin| :undoj[oin] join next change with previous undo block 1539|:undolist| :undol[ist] list leafs of the undo tree 1540|:unabbreviate| :una[bbreviate] remove abbreviation 1541|:unhide| :unh[ide] open a window for each loaded file in the 1542 buffer list 1543|:unlet| :unl[et] delete variable 1544|:unlockvar| :unlo[ckvar] unlock variables 1545|:unmap| :unm[ap] remove mapping 1546|:unmenu| :unme[nu] remove menu 1547|:unsilent| :uns[ilent] run a command not silently 1548|:update| :up[date] write buffer if modified 1549|:vglobal| :v[global] execute commands for not matching lines 1550|:version| :ve[rsion] print version number and other info 1551|:verbose| :verb[ose] execute command with 'verbose' set 1552|:vertical| :vert[ical] make following command split vertically 1553|:vimgrep| :vim[grep] search for pattern in files 1554|:vimgrepadd| :vimgrepa[dd] like :vimgrep, but append to current list 1555|:visual| :vi[sual] same as ":edit", but turns off "Ex" mode 1556|:viusage| :viu[sage] overview of Normal mode commands 1557|:view| :vie[w] edit a file read-only 1558|:vmap| :vm[ap] like ":map" but for Visual+Select mode 1559|:vmapclear| :vmapc[lear] remove all mappings for Visual+Select mode 1560|:vmenu| :vme[nu] add menu for Visual+Select mode 1561|:vnew| :vne[w] create a new empty window, vertically split 1562|:vnoremap| :vn[oremap] like ":noremap" but for Visual+Select mode 1563|:vnoremenu| :vnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Visual+Select mode 1564|:vsplit| :vs[plit] split current window vertically 1565|:vunmap| :vu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Visual+Select mode 1566|:vunmenu| :vunme[nu] remove menu for Visual+Select mode 1567|:windo| :windo execute command in each window 1568|:write| :w[rite] write to a file 1569|:wNext| :wN[ext] write to a file and go to previous file in 1570 argument list 1571|:wall| :wa[ll] write all (changed) buffers 1572|:while| :wh[ile] execute loop for as long as condition met 1573|:winsize| :wi[nsize] get or set window size (obsolete) 1574|:wincmd| :winc[md] execute a Window (CTRL-W) command 1575|:winpos| :winp[os] get or set window position 1576|:wnext| :wn[ext] write to a file and go to next file in 1577 argument list 1578|:wprevious| :wp[revious] write to a file and go to previous file in 1579 argument list 1580|:wq| :wq write to a file and quit window or Vim 1581|:wqall| :wqa[ll] write all changed buffers and quit Vim 1582|:wsverb| :ws[verb] pass the verb to workshop over IPC 1583|:wundo| :wu[ndo] write undo information to a file 1584|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] write to viminfo file 1585|:xit| :x[it] write if buffer changed and quit window or Vim 1586|:xall| :xa[ll] same as ":wqall" 1587|:xmapclear| :xmapc[lear] remove all mappings for Visual mode 1588|:xmap| :xm[ap] like ":map" but for Visual mode 1589|:xmenu| :xme[nu] add menu for Visual mode 1590|:xnoremap| :xn[oremap] like ":noremap" but for Visual mode 1591|:xnoremenu| :xnoreme[nu] like ":noremenu" but for Visual mode 1592|:xunmap| :xu[nmap] like ":unmap" but for Visual mode 1593|:xunmenu| :xunme[nu] remove menu for Visual mode 1594|:yank| :y[ank] yank lines into a register 1595|:z| :z print some lines 1596|:~| :~ repeat last ":substitute" 1597 1598 1599 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1600