nvim
Neovim, a programmer's text editor based on Vim, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation. Pressingi
in normal mode enters insert mode.<Esc>
goes back to normal mode, which doesn't allow regular text insertion. See alsovim
,vimtutor
,vimdiff
. More information: https://neovim.io.
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Open a file:
nvim {{path/to/file}}
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Enter text editing mode (insert mode):
<Esc>i
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Copy ("yank") or cut ("delete") the current line (paste it with
P
):
<Esc>{{yy|dd}}
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Enter normal mode and undo the last operation:
<Esc>u
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Search for a pattern in the file (press
n
/N
to go to next/previous match):
<Esc>/{{search_pattern}}<Enter>
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Perform a regular expression substitution in the whole file:
<Esc>:%s/{{regular_expression}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>
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Enter normal mode and save (write) the file, and quit:
<Esc>:wq<Enter>
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Quit without saving:
<Esc>:q!<Enter>
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