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ESC
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Command mode, toggles modes when in insert or visual mode
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i
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insert mode
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v
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Visual mode, start highlighting characters
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V
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Visual mode, start highlighting lines
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:shell
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Opens command prompt
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exit
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Exits command prompt
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:e filename
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Open a new file
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:w filename
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Save changes to a file
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:q
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Exit Vim. If there is unsaved files, Vim will not exit
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:q!
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Exit Vim wihout saving changes
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:x or zz
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Exits Vim and saves changes to the file if changes were made
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u
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Undo last action
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U
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Undo all the latest changes that were made to the line
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Ctrl+r
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Redo
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o
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Open new line BELOW the cursor
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O
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Open new line ABOVE the cursor
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:tabnew
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Opens a new tab
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gt
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go to next tab
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gT
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Go to previous tab
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:tabmove n
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Move tab to position n
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:tabc
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Close tab
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yy
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Yank the current line
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:y
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Yank the current line
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y
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Yank the highlighted text
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:d or dd
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Delete current line
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D
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Delete to the end of the line
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d
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Delete the highlighted text
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dw
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Delete word
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dl
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Delete character at cursor position
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p
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Put text after cursor position, put lines below current line
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P
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Put text before cursor position, put lines above current line
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x
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Delete current character
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:split or :sp
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Splits the current window horizontally
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:vsplit or :vs
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Split the current window vertically
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:split file
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Opens the file in a second window
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:n split file
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Opens a new window n lines high
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:new
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Opens a new window horizontally
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:vnew
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Opens a new window Vertically
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:res n
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Resizes window to n line size, if n is not provided window is resized to max size
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CTRL-ww
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Switches cursor between windows
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CTRL-w <motion key>
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Switches cursor between windows in motion key direction
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CTRL-wn
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Splits a window and starts editing a new file
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CTRL-w r
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Rotate windows positions
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CTRL-w q or :q
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Close window
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h or left
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Move LEFT one character
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j or down
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Move DOWN one line
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k or up
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Move UP one line
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l or right
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Move RIGHT one line
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H
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Move to the FIRST line of the screen
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M
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Move to the MIDDLE line of the screen
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L
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Move to the LAST line of the screen
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b
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Move to the BEGINNING of the word
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B
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Move to the BEGINNING of a blank delimited word
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e
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Move to the END of the word
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E
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Move to the END of black delimited word
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w
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Move to the NEXT word
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W
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Move to the NEXT blank delimited word
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:n
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Jump to line n (jump to line 42->:42)
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:buffers
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find list of buffers
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:b number
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Select buffer number
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:sb number
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Splits the window and starts editing the buffer
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:vertical sbuffer number
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Splits the window vertically and edits the buffer
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:bnext or :bn
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Go to the next buffer
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:bdelete
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Deletes a buffer without saving
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