LazyVim

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General

• leader key is <SPACE>
• navigation between windows <Ctrl + h/j/k/l>
• navigation between buffers
  • previous buffer <Leader + b, b>
  • next buffer <Leader + b, n>
  • jump to buffer <Leader + b, j>
• to go to specific line:
  • <line_number>G
  • :<line_number>

Editing

• <x> deletes a character
• <dd> deletes a line
• <p> to put deleted text after cursor
• <P> to put deleted text before cursor
• <i> to insert before cursor
• <a> to append after cursor
• <A> to append at the end of new line
• <o> to open new line at the bottom
• <O> to open new line at top

Replace

• <r<char> to replace single character
• <R> to replace multiple characters

Operators

• d - delete
• c - change
• y - yank(copy)

Motions

• w - until start of next word
• e - end of current word
• 0 - start of line
• $ - end of line
• gg - first line
• G - last line

Change command syntax

operator [number] motion

Changes

• <u> to undo last changes
• <U> to fix entire line
• <Ctrl + r> to redo changes
• :q! to discard changes and quit
• :wq to save and quit

Windows

• <Ctrl + w, s> - to split windows horizontally
• <Ctrl + w, v> - to split windows vertically horizontally
• <Ctrl + h/j/k/k> - to move between the windows
• <Ctrl + w, c> - to close the window

Searching

• searching for a word in a file:
  • / to search forward
  • ? to search backward
  • <n> go to next finding
  • <N> go to previous finding
• <%> go to matching parenthesis

Jumplists

• jumplist is stored per each window
  • <Ctrl + o> - to go back
  • <Ctrl + i> - to go forward

Substitutions

• to substitute use
  • :s/<what>/<to_what>/ single substitution
  • :s/<what>/<to_what>/g global substitution
  • :N,Ms/<what>/<to_what> substitution from line N to M

Visual mode

• <v> to enter visual mode

Misc

• to make language server like clangd work remember to set CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS
• <Ctrl + g> to display status of file
• <Ctrl + \> to toggle terminal
• :!<command> to run any shell command
• :r <file/pipe/command results> - retrieve text and put it on cursor