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Some random Vim tips:
Visually select a block v
Change a visually selected block c
Lowercase a visually selected block u
Uppercase a visually selected block U
Add another file to the end of this one G:read file
Go to line 58 :58
Go to top of file gg
Go to bottom of file G
Go to top of screen H
Go to middle of screen M
Go to bottom of screen L
Go to start of line 0 (zero)
Go to end of line $
Go back to the previously edited line '.
Go back to where you were before you jumped ''
Undo u
Redo :redo
Change a word cw
Change the rest of the line c$
Visually select a column of text ^v (control and v)
Write (save) :w
Write and quit :wq
Open multiple files in split screen view:
$ vim -o file1 file2 file3
Switch to the lower split ^w DOWN (control and w, then down arrow)
Switch to the upper split screen ^w UP (control and w, then up arrow)
Open a new file in a split window :sp file
Open the filename under the cursor gf Go to the next occurrence of the term under the cursor * Go to the definition of the variable under the cursor gd Go to the global definition of the variable under the cursor gD
List buffers :ls
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