I’m new to Vim but I’ve been using Sublime Text in vintage mode to practice. I’ve tried a few tutorials but I’ve found it more helpful to actually learn by using the commands while coding.

I wanted to share my starter set of commands and I hope I remember to add blog posts as I add to my repetoire.

Shortcut
gg	go to the top
G	go to the bottom
i	insert (puts cursor before marker location)
a	append (puts cursor after marker location)
x	deletes character above the cursor
X	deletes character before the cursor
D	delete from cursor to end of the line
dd	deletes a row
diw	deletes a word
ciw	deletes a word and goes to insert mode

How to cut/copy and paste:
1. v (or V for whole lines) to highlight what you want to cut or copy
2. d (for cut), y (for copy)
3. p to paste after cursor (P for before the cursor)