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Vim Text Objects: The Definitive Guide

Cut and pastes

  • ["x]y: yank (to register x)
  • ["x]p: paste after
  • ["x]P: paste before
  • Ctrl-R[x]: paste register x in insert mode

Registers

  1. The unnamed register ""
  2. 10 numbered registers "0 to "9
  3. The small delete register "-
  4. 26 named registers "a to "z or "A to "Z
  5. three read-only registers ":, "., "%
  6. alternate buffer register "#
  7. the expression register "=
  8. The selection and drop registers "*, "+ and "~
  9. The black hole register "_
  10. Last search pattern register "/

Visuals

  • v[motion]y - visual motion yank
  • v[motion]p - visual motion paste

Structure of an Editing Command

<number><command><text object or motion>

Commands

  • c: change.
  • d: delete.
  • y: yank.
  • >, <: indent, dedent.
  • =: reformat (reindent, break long lines, etc.).
  • cc,dd,yy,>>,<<,==: Do on whole line.

Plaintext Text Objects

Words

  • aw: a word (includes surrounding white space).
  • iw: inner word (does not include surrounding white space).

Sentences

  • as: a sentence.
  • is: inner sentence.

Paragraphs

  • ap: a paragraph.
  • ip: inner paragraph.

Finding

  • t<char>: to forwards excluded.
  • T<char>: to backwards excluded.
  • f<char>: to included.
  • F<char>: to backwards included.
  • e: end of current word.
  • 2e: end of next next word.
  • /<text>: Find .
  • n: Repeat find.
  • N: Repeat backwards.

Moving

  • w: next word.

  • h,l: <- ->.

  • j,k: up, down.

  • $: End of line.

  • 0: Beginning of line.

  • H,M,L: Top, midddle, bottom of window.

  • G: End of file.

  • gg: beginning of file.

  • <n>G: th line .

Programming Language Text Objects

Strings

  • a": a double quoted string.
  • i": inner double quoted string.
  • a': a single quoted string.
  • i': inner single quoted string.
  • `a``: a back quoted string.
  • `i``: inner back quoted string.

Parentheses

  • a): a parenthesized block.
  • i): inner parenthesized block.
  • %): Matching parenthesis.

Brackets

  • a]: a bracketed block.
  • i]: inner bracketed block.

Braces

  • a}: a brace block.
  • i}: inner brace block.

Markup Language Tags

  • at: a tag block.
  • it: inner tag block.
  • a>: a single tag.
  • i>: inner single tag.

Vim Scripts Providing Additional Text Objects

CamelCaseMotion

  • i,w: inner camel or snake-cased word.

VimTextObj

  • aa: an argument.
  • ia: inner argument.

Indent Object

  • ai: the current indentation level and the line above.
  • ii: the current indentation level excluding the line above.

Ruby Block

  • ar: a Ruby block.
  • ir: inner Ruby block.