Basic Gvim Commands

 

Category	Command	Description
File Operations	:e filename	Open a file by name.
	:w	Save the current file.
	:q	Quit Gvim.
	:wq	Save and quit.
	:x	Save and quit (similar to :wq).
	:q!	Quit without saving changes.
	:sav filename	Save the file with a new name.
Editing	i	Enter insert mode.
	a	Enter insert mode after the cursor.
	o	Open a new line below the current one and enter insert mode.
	O	Open a new line above the current one and enter insert mode.
	x	Delete the character under the cursor.
	dw	Delete a word.
	dd	Delete the entire current line.
	u	Undo the last change.
	Ctrl + r	Redo the last undone change.
	y	Yank (copy) selected text.
	p	Paste the yanked text after the cursor.
	P	Paste the yanked text before the cursor.
	:s/old/new/gc	Search and replace old with new globally, with confirmation.
Navigation	h, j, k, l	Move cursor left, down, up, right.
	gg	Go to the first line of the file.
	G	Go to the last line of the file.
	:n	Go to line number n.
	w	Move forward to the next word.
	b	Move backward to the previous word.
	%	Jump to the matching bracket, brace, or parenthesis.
	Ctrl + o	Jump back to the previous cursor position.
Visual Mode	v	Enter visual mode to select characters.
	V	Enter visual line mode to select entire lines.
	Ctrl + v	Enter visual block mode to select a block of text.
	d (in visual mode)	Delete the selected text.
	y (in visual mode)	Yank (copy) the selected text.
	> (in visual mode)	Indent the selected lines.
	< (in visual mode)	Unindent the selected lines.
Window Operations	:split filename	Split the window and open a file.
	:vsplit filename	Vertically split the window and open a file.
	Ctrl + w, w	Switch between windows.
	Ctrl + w, q	Quit the current window.
	Ctrl + w, h/j/k/l	Move cursor to another window in the specified direction.
Miscellaneous	:syntax on	Enable syntax highlighting.
	:set number	Show line numbers.
	:set nowrap	Disable line wrapping.
	:set paste	Disable auto-indentation and other formatting when pasting.