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Vim bindings in Obsidian

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This is a document about me learning VIM Key bindings as I try them out in Obsidian.

Nouns (source):

  • h left
  • j down
  • k up
  • l right
  • … (directions in navigation)
  • word: anything composed of a-zA-Z0-9
  • WORD: anything but spaces (space, tab, EOL)

Navigation:

  • h character left
  • j character down
  • k character up
    • 14k 14 lines up
  • l character right
  • w forward one word (beginning)
  • W forward one WORD (anything but space)
  • b back one word (beginning)
  • B back one WORD (beginning)
  • e forward one word (end)
  • E forward to next WORD (end)
  • $ end of line
  • 0 beginning of line
  • gg beginning of document
  • G end of document
    • 15G go to line 15 in document
  • H top of screen
  • M middle of screen
  • L? bottom of screen
  • fx search for x in current line (single character)
  • F same but backwards
  • tx search for x in current line (single character) but select previous
  • T same but backwards
  • ( previous sentence
  • ) next sentence
  • } next paragraph
  • { previous paragraph

Editing:

  • i insert mode: insert at the beginning of cursor
  • a insert mode: append at the next character
  • I insert mode: insert at the beginning of the line
  • A insert mode: append at the end of the line
  • o insert mode: insert into new line after current one
  • O insert mode: insert into new line prior to the current one
  • dd delete entire line
  • r replace character
  • x delete character`
  • v start selection
  • gU change selection to uppercase
  • gu change selection to lowercase
  • cc delete line and enter edit mode (replace line)
  • s delete selection and enter edit mode (replace selection)
  • y “yank” text (copy, view mode)
    • 2yy copy two lines
  • p paste (view mode)
  • >> indent
    • 2>> indent two lines
  • << de-indent
  • / enter search mode
  • n get next search result
  • N get previous search result

Mixing editing verbs and nouns:

  • y$ yank until the end of line
  • d2w delete two words forward
  • c} change everything from current location to end of paragraph

Text objects delimiters:

  • i + delimiter: inner text object (anything inside the group)
    • di( deletes text inside the parenthesis
    • da{ deletes everything contained in braces
  • a + delimiter: outer text object (group and delimiters)
  • w words
  • p paragraph
  • s sentence
  • ( or ) parenthesized text
  • { or } text between braces
  • [ or ] text between brackets
  • < or > text between angled brackets
  • t XML tags (applies to HTML too)
  • " text in double quotes
  • ' text in single quotes
  • ` text in backticks

Mixing with previous:

  • gUiw uppercase current word

Commands:

  • :%s/a/b/g substitute all instances of “a” for “b”
  • :%s/a/b/gc substitute all instances “a” for “b”, but ask for confirmation

Sources:

Graph View

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