Neovim Cheet Sheet

Neovim Command

general information

• in Normal mode is where you run your commands and the quickest path to normal mode is esc button
  • :w write/save
  • i insert mode: to write text or code
  • esc to go back to normal mode
  • q quit
  • q! force quit
  • :wd save and quit

Moving around

• h, j, k, l: Move left, down, up, and right respectively.
• gg: Go to the beginning of the file.
• G: Go to the end of the file.
• Ctrl + U: Scroll half-page up.
• Ctrl + D: Scroll half-page down.
• Ctrl + B: Scroll one page up.
• Ctrl + F: Scroll one page down.
• Ctrl + E: Scroll one line down.
• Ctrl + Y: Scroll one line up.
• Ctrl + O: Jump back to the previous location.
• Ctrl + I: Jump forward to the next location.

Editing

• i: Enter insert mode at the current cursor position.
• a: Enter insert mode after the current cursor position.
• A: Enter insert mode at the end of the current line.
• o: Insert a new line below the current line and enter insert mode.
• O: Insert a new line above the current line and enter insert mode.
• x: Delete the character under the cursor.
• dd: Delete the current line.
• yy: Yank (copy) the current line.
• p: Paste the previously yanked or deleted text.

Formatting

• =: Auto-indent the selected lines or the current block.
• >: Increase the indentation of the selected lines or the current line.
• <: Decrease the indentation of the selected lines or the current line.
• :1,10 s/^/ /: Indent lines 1 to 10 with four spaces.
• :1,10 s/ //: Remove four leading spaces from lines 1 to 10.

Searching and replacing

• /: Start a forward search. Type the search pattern and press Enter.
• ?: Start a backward search. Type the search pattern and press Enter.
• n: Move to the next occurrence of the search pattern.
• N: Move to the previous occurrence of the search pattern.
• :s/search/replace/g: Replace all occurrences of “search” with “replace” in the current line.
• :%s/search/replace/g: Replace all occurrences of “search” with “replace” in the entire file.