Vim Emulation

Vim implemented in Elm. Give it a try!

Features

Basic Movement

• h l k j character left, right; line up, down
• w W word/WORD right
• b B word/WORD left
• e E end of word/WORD right
• 0 beginning of line
• ^ first character of line
• $ last character of line
• G last line
• gg first line

Insertion & replace

• i a insert before, after cursor
• I A insert at beginning, end of line
• o O open a new line below, above the current line
• << >> shift left, right
• S cc change current line
• ciw change text in word

Deletion

• x Delete delete character under cursor
• X delete character before cursor
• dd delete current line
• diw delete text in word

Copying

• yy Y yank current line
• yiw yank in word
• p put register after cursor position
• P put register before cursor position

Ex commands

• :q! quit and discard changes
• :w [file] save file
• :x [file] save file and exit
• :[n] jump to an absolute line number [n]
• :bd clear buffer

Undoing, repeating & registers

• . repeat last change

Further information

• Vim documentation: help
• Vim Quick Reference Card