Vim Commands

Question 1

What 3 ways can you save and exit?

Answer 1

ZZ :wq :x

Question 2

Exit without saving

Answer 2

:q!

Question 3

Go to beginning of current word

Answer 3

b

Question 4

Go to end of current word

Answer 4

e

Question 5

Go to start of next word

Answer 5

w

Question 6

Move to column 15

Answer 6

15|

Question 7

Move to the beginning of the next line

Answer 7

+

Question 8

Move to the beginning of the previous line

Answer 8

-

Question 9

Half screen up

Answer 9

C - u

Question 10

Half screen down

Answer 10

C - d

Question 11

Full screen up

Answer 11

C - B

Question 12

Full screen down

Answer 12

C - f

Question 13

Go to line 32

Answer 13

32G 32gg :32

Question 14

Set current line to the top of the screen

Answer 14

z then return

Question 15

Delete the next character

Answer 15

x

Question 16

Delete the previous character

Answer 16

X

Question 17

Delete the entire line

Answer 17

dd

Question 18

Delete all the text to the right of the cursor till the end of the line

Answer 18

D

Question 19

Insert after the end of the line

Answer 19

A

Question 20

Paste after the current cursor position

Answer 20

P

Question 21

Paster before the current cursor position

Answer 21

p

Question 22

Indent selected block of code

Answer 22

>

Question 23

Outdent selected block of code

Answer 23

<

Question 24

Undo

Answer 24

u

Question 25

Redo

Answer 25

C - r

Question 26

Open file

Answer 26

:e

Question 27

Open a menu like list of files in the current directory

Answer 27

:e .

Question 28

Jump to shell

Answer 28

:sh

Question 29

Search for the first occurrence of flower

Answer 29

/flower

Question 30

Find next occurrence after a / search

Answer 30

:n

Question 31

Global find and replace

Answer 31

ggVG :s/find/replace/g

Question 32

Jump to matching delimiter

Answer 32

%

Question 33

Jump to matching keyword

Answer 33

%

Question 34

Next buffer

Answer 34

:b#

Question 35

First buffer

Answer 35

:bf

Question 36

Last buffer

Answer 36

:bl

Question 37

Switch to another buffer by its number

Answer 37

:b5

Question 38

List all the buffers in use

Answer 38

:ls

Question 39

Open another file into a split screen

Answer 39

:split

Question 40

Open multiple files in split

Answer 40

:vi -o

Question 41

Switch between windows

Answer 41

C -w C - w

Question 42

Close current window

Answer 42

C -w q

Question 43

Split current window

Answer 43

C - w s

Question 44

Display info about current file

Answer 44

C - g

Question 45

Move to next start of method

Answer 45

]m

Question 46

Move back to first start of method

Answer 46

[m

Question 47

Change params of method we are in

Answer 47

[m f(

Question 48

Change return value of method we are in

Answer 48

]MO

Question 49

Jump to the start of the next class or module definition

Answer 49

]]

Question 50

Jump to the start of the previous class or module definition

Answer 50

[[

Question 51

What do you need to add to .vimrc.local to be able to use % to toggle between matching keywords?

Answer 51

runtime macros/matchit.vim

Question 52

When’s a great way to use % to toggle between matching keywords?

Answer 52

At the bottom of an rspec file to match all the ends

Question 53

select inside method

Answer 53

vim

Question 54

delete inside method

Answer 54

dim

Question 55

change inside method

Answer 55

cim

Question 56

yank inside method

Answer 56

yim

Question 57

select around method

Answer 57

vam

Question 58

delete around method

Answer 58

dam

Question 59

change around method

Answer 59

cam

Question 60

yank around method

Answer 60

yam

Question 61

select inside class

Answer 61

viM

Question 62

delete inside class

Answer 62

diM

Question 63

change inside class

Answer 63

ciM

Question 64

yank inside class

Answer 64

yiM

Question 65

select around class

Answer 65

vaM

Question 66

delete around class

Answer 66

daM

Question 67

change around class

Answer 67

caM

Question 68

yank around class

Answer 68

yaM

Question 69

select inside ruby block

Answer 69

vir

Question 70

delete inside ruby block

Answer 70

dir

Question 71

change inside ruby block

Answer 71

cir

Question 72

yank inside ruby block

Answer 72

yir

Question 73

select around ruby block

Answer 73

var

Question 74

delete around ruby block

Answer 74

dar

Question 75

change around ruby block

Answer 75

car

Question 76

yank around ruby block

Answer 76

yar