Master Vim, one motion at a time

• Lesson 1: Survival Basics — Modal editing, hjkl movement, insert and delete. (h j k l i)
• Lesson 2: Horizontal Motions — Word jumps, line starts, and line ends. (w b e 0 $)
• Lesson 3: Operators: Delete & Change — Delete and change with the operator grammar. (d c dw dd)
• Lesson 4: Vertical Motions — Leap between lines and paragraphs. (gg G { })
• Lesson 5: Counts & Repeat — Multiply motions and repeat your last change. (3w 2dd .)
• Lesson 6: Visual Mode — Select first, then operate. (v V vaw)
• Lesson 7: Yank & Paste — Copy and paste without leaving the home row. (y yy p P)
• Lesson 8: Text Objects — Operate on words, quotes, and brackets from anywhere. (iw i" i()
• Lesson 9: Search & Replace — Find anything, replace everything. (/ n * :%s)
• Lesson 10: Insert & Append — Enter Insert mode exactly where you need it. (i a I A o)
• Lesson 11: Replace, Case & Join — Quick edits without leaving Normal mode. (r ~ J)
• Lesson 12: Indentation — Shift lines and blocks into place. (>> << >)
• Lesson 13: Find & Till — Snipe characters on the current line. (f F t ;)
• Lesson 14: Operators with Targets — Aim operators at bigger targets. (d$ dG dtx)
• Lesson 15: Macros — Record once, replay everywhere. (q @ @@)
• Lesson 16: Big-WORD Motions — Jump over punctuation with WORD motions. (W B E)
• Lesson 17: Changing Case — Uppercase, lowercase, and toggle without retyping. (gU gu g~)
• Lesson 18: Registers — Named clipboards for yanks and deletes. ("a y p)
• Lesson 19: Shortcut Edits — One-key delete, change, and substitute. (D C s S)
• Lesson 20: Matching Pairs — Bounce between matching brackets. (% d%)
• Lesson 21: Marks — Bookmark spots and jump back. (ma `a 'a)
• Lesson 22: Undo & Redo — Rewind mistakes, replay fixes. (u Ctrl-r)
• Lesson 23: Paragraph Objects — Grab whole blocks at once. (ip ap dap)
• Lesson 24: Tag Objects — Edit inside HTML tags. (it at cit)
• Lesson 25: Replace Mode — Overwrite text in place. (R)
• Lesson 26: Increment & Decrement — Do math on numbers without retyping them. (Ctrl-a Ctrl-x)
• Lesson 27: First Non-Blank — Land where the code starts, not column 0. (^ + -)
• Lesson 28: Backward Word Ends — Jump back to the end of the previous word. (ge gE)
• Lesson 29: Brackets & Blocks — Inner and around objects for every bracket pair. (i{ a[ i<)
• Lesson 30: Swap & Duplicate — xp, ddp, yyp — three tiny idioms you'll use forever. (xp ddp yyp)
• Lesson 31: Quote Objects — Change any string in one move — single, double, or backtick. (i' a" i`)
• Lesson 32: Sentences — Move and edit by sentence in comments, docs and commit messages. (( ) das cis)
• Lesson 33: Ex Line Ranges — Delete and replace by line number without moving. (:3d :2,4d :.,$d :2,3s)
• Lesson 34: Global Commands — Run a command on every matching line at once. (:g :v :g/…/normal)
• Lesson 35: Sorting Lines — Sort imports, lists and numbers without leaving Vim. (:sort :sort! :sort n :sort u)
• Lesson 36: Visual Block — Edit a column of lines at once with Ctrl-v. (Ctrl-v I A $A)
• Lesson 37: X & gJ — Backspace in Normal mode, and joins without the extra space. (X 3X gJ)
• Lesson 38: Search Backward — Search up the file with ?, N and #. (? N #)

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