2026-03-19, Thursday

• Attend GTC
• Go to Zara
• Have dinner with Richard

Revisit VI Basics

• :w Write (Save)

• :q Quit

• :q! Force quit

• :wq Write (Save) and Quit

• h left

• l right

• j down

• k up

• {%n}{%someKey} repeat a key n times

• $ end of line

• ^ first non-blank

• 0 start of line

• f find

• F reverse find

• t find till

• T reverse find till

  • ; next
  • , previous

• w start of next word

• b start of previous word

• e end of next word

• W start of next word including symbols

• B start of previous word including symbols

• E end of next word including symbols

• { previous paragraph

• } next paragraph

• gg first line of the file

• G last line of the file

• {%n}G go to line n

• H first line visible (not enabled in lazyvim)

• M middle line visible

• L last line visible (not enabled in lazyvim)

• zz center this line

• zt top this line

• zb bottom this line

• C-y scroll up

• C-e scroll down

• % jump between braces

• [{ go to opening {

• ]} go to closing }

• [% go to opening braces

• ]% go to closing braces

• / search

• * search current word

• ?

  • n next
  • N previous

• C-o previous position in jump list

• C-i next position in jump list

• i insert mode

• <ESC> exit insert mode

• a append

• A append at the end of line

• o open a line under the cursor

• O open a line above the cursor

• u undo

• C-r redo

• y yank (copy)

• d delete with copy

• c change (delete + insert) with copy

• yy copy the line

• dd delete the line with copy

• cc delete the line with copy

• i inside

• a around

  • diw delete inside word
  • daw delete around word
  • di( delete inside or next ()
  • da( delete around or next ()

• p paste after the cursor

• P paste before the cursor

• . repeat previous

• v visual mode

• :%s/oldText/newText/g replace

• :%s/oldText/newText/gc replace with confirmation