<aside> 💡 This is the very beginner cheat sheet. Proceed to the next sheet as soon as you are fully comfortable with all motions in this sheet.
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| Key | Motion | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| w | Move forward one word | normal/visual |
| b | Move back one word | normal/visual |
| j | Move cursor down | normal/visual |
| k | Move cursor up | normal/visual |
| h | Move cursor left | normal/visual |
| l | Move cursor right | normal/visual |
| v | Activate visual mode (mark text to copy/delete) | normal |
| V | Activate visual line mode (mark lines to copy/delete) | normal |
| y | Yank/copy | normal/visual |
| dd | delete line (works like cut, as it copies into same register as yank) | normal |
| u | undo | normal |
| i | insert mode (write things) | normal |
| <esc> | back to normal mode | insert/visual |
| :w | write buffer (commit changes to file) | normal |