vim

Learning Resources Apps/Games

• vimtutor: built in tutorial text

Articles

Learn to speak vim — verbs, nouns, and modifiers!

Cheatsheets

VIM Cheatsheet

Reference

Action + Motion

Add Line and Enter Edit Mode - o,0

o - add line after O - add line before

Practice

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3

Motion

Paragraph

Notes

Moves you to the beginning of paragraphs. This can be mildly surprising because empty lines are considered part of the next paragraph (I think). In Obsidian moving between paragraphs and sentences skips over headings (I think) Behavior in Obsidian is so so.

Commands

} = next { = previous

Practice

This is a paragraph.
 
This is another paragraph.
 
Blank lines count as paragraphs. This paragraph has multiple sentences. Here is another sentence.
 

Sentences

Commands

) = next ( = previous

Practice

This is some random text. With multiple sentences with which to practice.
 
There is another sentence. Another sentence. Not another sentence: until now.
 
# Other Content
# Other content
 

Example Commands

Delete Inner Tag

di>