Vim Motions video by Henry Misc

Notes from this youtube video by Henry Misc.

• exit: ZZ and ZQ
• select braces and parens: vib select inside parens, viB select inside braces. Also va for around, which includes the delimiters.
  • These are easier to type than vi( and vi{, which both require the shift key and a key distant from the home position. Square brackets don't require shift, so vi[ is fine for that, so they don't need their version of this.
  • A more complete list: i< i' i" i[ i(=ib i{=iB, and a... for around.
• wrap in e.g. <li>...</li>:
  • One method is :s: viz :s@.*@<li>&</li>
  • Select with C-v and then insert with I. also A for append.
• toggle case: ~ for char; g~w or g~ib
• format file: gg=G (= formats selection)
• jumping with %: % jumps between e.g. braces or parens or brackets
• storing session: :mksession filename.vim gives a .vim script that, when sourced, reloads the session
• open URL in browser: gx which on Linux basically passes what's under the cursor to xdg-open
• mark and jump: ma to mark and then 'a to jump back to where the mark was set. mb, mc so you have a mark for each letter.
• jump to line: :40, but there is a quicker way: 40G.
• join lines: J, or gJ. The former joins with a space, the latter joins without a space.