By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 14, 2017
I’ve created a list of some common vim commands that I need to remember. The most important of these vim commands are related to vim syntax highlighting, auto-indent, and showing line numbers.
Here’s a short list of these vim commands, all of which can be issued while you are in vim “command mode”:
Vim Commands
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:set autoindent
:syntax on
:set all (display the value of all options)
:set number (show line numbers)
:set hlsearch (highlight matching search strings)
:set ignorecase (makes searches case insensitive)
xp (swap two characters)
:browse set (set options using a screen-based dialog)
m{letter} (place mark)
'{letter} (go to mark)
R ... <Esc> (replace characters until <Esc> is hit)
:split {file} (split window)
CTRL-Wj (move up a window)
CTRL-Wk (move down a window)
CTRL-Wo (make the current window the only window)
As you can see, these vim commands are related to turning syntax on, showing line numbers, and a few other more obscure vi/vim commands.

