VIM in VSCode.

Using Vim in VSCode

A few weeks ago, I started using the Vim extension in VSCode to code more comfortably.

Favorite Actions

The following are the actions that I use most frequently:

• Basic movement keys: h,j,k,l
• Word movements: w,b,e
• Insert new line after / before: o / O
• Exit character (delete): x
• Insert: i
• Appending: a
• Inserting at the beginning of the line: I
• Appending at the end of the line: A
• Find in the current line: f
• Yanking a line: yy
• Yanking inside word: yiw
• Pasting: p
• Searching: /
• Changing a word: ciw
• Changing inside double quotes: ci"
• Changing inside tag: cit
• Repeat last action: .
• Replace mode: R
• Center the view: zz
• Delete the line: dd
• Delete from the cursor to the end of the line: D
• Macros:
  • Record a macro in j position
  • Stop the macro recording
  • Play the macro: qj / q / @j
  • Play the macro 5 times: 5@q