Vim/Neovim

Advanced Editing Commands

Master advanced Vim editing techniques. Learn named registers for clipboard management, marks for navigation, folds for code organization, and powerful line operations.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use named registers to store multiple yanks: '"ayy' yanks to register 'a', '"ap' pastes from it.

Set marks with 'm{letter}', jump back with '`{letter}'. Use uppercase for global marks across files.

Use 'zf' to create folds, 'zo'/'zc' to open/close, 'zR'/'zM' to open/close all folds.

Join lines with 'J', sort lines with ':sort', increment numbers with Ctrl-a, decrement with Ctrl-x.

Commands

Indent line

$ >>

Shift current line right.

Unindent line

$ <<

Shift current line left.

Auto-indent file

$ gg=G

Reindent entire file.

Join lines

$ J

Merge current line with next.

Uppercase word

$ gUw

Convert word to uppercase.

Lowercase word

$ guw

Convert word to lowercase.

Sort lines

$ :sort

Sort selected lines alphabetically.

Increment number

$ Ctrl+a

Increase number under cursor.