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Lesson 2.3: On Operations and Motions

• w is until the start of the next word, excluding its first character.
• e is until the end of the current word, including the last character.

Lesson 2.6: Operating on Lines

• In the command dd, the second d isn't a motion. It's just a shortcut by the vim designers.

Lesson 2.7: The Undo Command

• Typing a capital U will undo all changes on a line.
• Typing Ctrl+R will redo the commands, or undo the undos.

Lesson 3.3: The Change Operator

• To change until the end of a word, type ce.

Lesson 3.4: More Changes Using c

• The change operator accepts a number and a motion like d.

Lesson 4.1: Cursor Location and File Status

• Typing Ctrl+g will display the filename and the position in the file.
• Typing gg will move to the start of a file, and typing G moves to the bottom.

Lesson 4.2: The Search Command

• Typing Ctrl+o will jump to an older location. Typing Ctrl+i will jump to a newer location.

Lesson 4.4: The Substitute Command

• To substitute only on the current line, type :s/old/new.
• To substitute in a range of lines, type :#,#s/old/new/g.
• To find each occurrence and prompt for substitution, type :%s/old/new/gc.

Lesson 5.3: Selecting Text to Write

• To save part of a file, select it in visual mode before executing :w.

Lesson 5.4: Retrieving and Merging Files

• To insert the contents of a file, type :r FILENAME.

Lesson 6.3: Another Way to Replace

• Type R to replace more than one character.

Lesson 6.4: Copy and Paste Text

• You can also use y as an operator, e.g. yw yanks one word.

Lesson 6.5: Set Option

• If you want to ignore case for just one search command, use `/[term]\c.

Lesson 7.1: Getting Help

• Type :help to get help. Add an argument to get help on a particular subject.

Lesson 7.3: Completion

• Tab completion works for commands, as well as filenames following :e or :w.