---
title: "Vim - The Personal Man"
tags:
- vim
---


## Navigation 👻
![[vim exiting]]


![[vim movements]]

## Text manipulation
|                                      |                                                      |                          
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| x                                    | **delete** *`at`* the cursor (→ in normal mode still)        |                          
| i                                    | **insert** *`before`* the cursor                             |                          
| I                                    | **insert** *`beginning`* of the line                         |                          
| a                                    | **insert** *`after`* the cursor                              |                          
| A                                    | **append** *`after`* the line                                |                          
| o                                    | **open** line *`above`*                                      |                         
| O                                    | **open** line *`below`*                                      |                          
| s                                    | **delete** character and insert                          |                          
| S                                    | **delete** line and insert                               |                          
| R overstrike mode                    | **replace** text character by character (max 1 line)     |                          
| c *<`movement`>* wW / bB / 2j / $/ 0 | **change** till (→ in *insert* mode now)  *`cc`* - change one line     |
| d *<`movement`>* wW / bB / 2j / $/ 0 | **delete** till (→ in *normal* mode still) *`dd`* - delete one line ... |
| r                                    | replace single character (→ don’t have to press ESC) |                          
| *<`number`>* ~                       | **change** letter case                                   |                          

> Remember - **(command)*(number)(text object)****