Global

Cursor movement

Cut and paste

Diff

Editing

Exiting

Indent text

Insert mode - inserting/appending text

Macros

Marking text (visual mode)

Marks and positions

Registers

Search and replace

Tabs

Visual commands

Working with multiple files

  :e[dit] file - edit a file in a new buffer
  :bn[ext] - go to the next buffer
  :bp[revious] - go to the previous buffer
  :bd[elete] - delete a buffer (close a file)
  :b[uffer]# - go to a buffer by index #
  :b[uffer] file - go to a buffer by file
  :ls or :buffers - list all open buffers
  :sp[lit] file - open a file in a new buffer and split window
  :vs[plit] file - open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window
  :vert[ical] ba[ll] - edit all buffers as vertical windows
  :tab ba[ll] - edit all buffers as tabs
  Ctrl + ws - split window
  Ctrl + wv - split window vertically
  Ctrl + ww - switch windows
  Ctrl + wq - quit a window
  Ctrl + wx - exchange current window with next one
  Ctrl + w= - make all windows equal height & width
  Ctrl + wh - move cursor to the left window (vertical split)
  Ctrl + wl - move cursor to the right window (vertical split)
  Ctrl + wj - move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)
  Ctrl + wk - move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)