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VIM cheatsheet

A cheatsheet for vom can be found here. I find this quite useful to begin with this powerful editor. The most important keys, if you just want to edit a file are:

  • i insert
  • esc exit insert mode
  • j move cursor down
  • k move cursor up
  • h move cursor left
  • l move cursor right
  • :w write (append the filename)
  • :q quit
  • :q! quit and do not save changes


About the author

is an experienced Software Engineer with a Master's degree in Computer Science. He started this website in late 2015, mostly as a digital business card. He is interested in Go, Python, Ruby, SQL- and NoSQL-databases, machine learning and AI and is experienced in building scalable, distributed systems and micro-services at multiple larger and smaller companies.