Vim

Link: Emacs

Book §

Practical Vim §

Practical guide of vim.

Vim keybinding shortcut §

Vim Cheat Sheet

Overall meaning: w: word e: end

Move §

0	jump to beginning of (visual) line
g	jump to end of line
^ or _	jump to beginning of line

Edit §

I	insert at the beginning of line
A	insert at the end of line
x	delete at the cursor
O	create new line above

Surround.vim §

For Emacs, install evil-surround - MELPA

Add parenthesis §

How to add parenthesis like () around highlighted text in visual mode:

• Select the text in visual mode, e.g. viw to highlight a word
• Sb or S) to insert bracket wo space; S( to insert bracket with space surrounding

Edit existing parenthesis §

• Change parens: e.g. cs"' change parens from ” to ’
• Delete parens: ds" delete surrounding ”

Append yank to one register §

“Ay ;; append to register A “Ay ;; do it again, and now both copies are in A

It’ll append to the existing content in register A, instead of overwriting it. Useful if you want to accumulate multiple lines or snippets into one register. **