title: 30 Vim Commands You Need To Know by typecraft
tags: vim

Source: [this video by typecraft](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSlrxE21l_k&t=71s)

+ quit: `:q`, `:wq` to write and quit, `:x` does similar, `:q!` quits without saving, `:wq!` forces overwrite
+ search and replace: `:s/hello/world`, `:s/hello/world/g`, `:s@hello@wor/ld@g`
    * Read up on vim [regular expressions](/editor/vim/regex/Guide).
+ search: `/regex` search forward; `?regex` search backwards; `n` to go to next match (forward with `/`, backward with `?`), `N` to go in the opposite direction.
+ motions: `ciw` = change in word, `cw` = change to end of word, `caw` = change around word, `ciW` = change in word.
    + words: `w` vs `W` is syntactic vs whitespace, so e.g. `w` will see `hello+world` as two words, so `ciw` within `hello` would replace `hello`, whereas `W` will see `hello+world` as one word, so `ciW` will change all of `hello+world`.
    + delimiters: `b` = parens, `B` = braces; `{`, `<`, `(`, `[`, `'`, `"` and also for backquotes
+ visual: `v` to select characters, `V` to select rows, `<C-v>` to select columns (i.e. rectangular block)
    + yank: `y` will copy whatever is selected, `"qy` will copy whatever is selected to register `q`
    + change: `c` will change whatever is selected
    + delete: `d` will delete whatever is selected and put it in the default register (so is kind of 'cut')
+ registers:
    + yank, delete, put: `"qy` yanks to register `q`, `"wd` cut to register `w`, `"ep` put *after* from register `e`
+ macros:
    + record: `qa...keysq` records a macro into register `a`
    + replay: `@a` will run macro `a`, `10@a` will run macro `a` ten times