howtouse.md

How to use

Table of Contents

• Exiting
• Normal Mode
• Register
• Visual Mode
• Replace Mode
• Insert Mode
• Backupmanager Mode
• References Mode
• Call Hierarchy Mode
• Filer Mode
• Configuration Mode
• Ex Mode

Exiting

Check the command line

Keys	Description
: w	Write file
: q	Quit
: w q	Write and quit
: q !	Force quit
: q a	Quit all Windows
: w q a	Write and quit all Windows
: q a !	Force quit all Windows
: w !	Force write
: w q !	Force write and quit window

Normal mode

The Default Mode

Keys	Description
h	Go Left ⬅️
j	Go Down ⬇️
k	Go Up ⬆️
l	Go Right ➡️
w	Go forwards to the start of a word ➡️
e	Go forwards to the end of a word ➡️
b	Go backwards to the start of a word ⬅️
{	Go previous blank line
}	Go next blank line
r	Replace a character at the cursor
Page Up	Page Up ⬆️
Page Down	Page Down ⬇️
g g	Go to the first line ⬆️
g _	Go to the last non-blank character of the line ➡️
G	Go to the last line ⬇️
0	Go to the first line ⬆️
$	Go to the end of the line ➡️
^	Go to the non-blank character start of line ⬅️
Ctrl u	Half Page Down ⬇️
Ctrl d	Half Page Up ⬆️
d $ OR D	Delete until the end of the line
:	Start Ex mode
u	Undo
Ctrl r	Redo
>	Indent
= =	Auto Indent
d d	Delete a line
d w	Delete a word
c i "	Delete inside double quotes and enter insert mode
c i '	Delete inside sinble quotes and enter insert mode
c i (	OR c i )
c i [	OR c i ]
c i {	OR c i }
c i w	Delete word and enter insert mode
d i "	Delete inside double quotes
d i '	Delete inside sinble quotes
d i (	OR d i )
d i [	OR d i ]
d i {	OR d i }
d i w	Delete word
x	Delete current character
S OR c c	Delete the characters in current line and start insert mode
y y OR Y	Copy a line
p	Paste the clipboard
n	Search forwards
N	Search backwards
*	Search forwards for the word under cursor
#	Search backwards for the word under cursor
f	Jump to next occurrence
F	Jump to previous occurrence
Ctrl k	Move next window
Ctrl j	Move prev window
z t	Scroll the screen so the cursor is at the top
z b	Scroll the screen so the cursor is at the bottom
z .	Center the screen on the cursor
Z Z	Write current file and exit
Z Q	Same as :q!
Ctrl w c	Close current window
?	keyword Search backwards
/	keyword Search forwards
\ r	Quick Run
s OR cu	Delete current character and enter insert mode
y{	Yank to the previous blank line
y}	Yank to the next blank line
yl	Yank a character
X OR dh	Cut a character before cursor
ga	Show current character info
tx	Move to the left of the next x (any character) on the current line
Tx	Move to the right of the back x (any character) on the current line
yt Any key	Yank characters to an any character
cf Any key	Delete characters to an any character and enter insert mode
H	Move to the top line of the screen
M	Move to the center line of the screen
L	Move to the bottom line of the screen
%	Move to matching pair of paren
q Any key	Start recording operations for Macros
q	Stop recording operations
@ Any key	Exce a macro
c t Any Key	Delete characters until the any key and enter Insert mode
d t Any Key	Delete characters until the any key
.	Repeat the last normal mode command
K	Hover (LSP)
g c	Goto Declaration (LSP)
g d	Goto Definition (LSP)
g y	Goto TypeDefinition (LSP)
g i	Goto Implementation (LSP)
g r	Open References mode (LSP Find References)
g h	Open Call Hierarchy Viewer (LSP Call Hierarchy)
g l	Document Link (LSP)
Space r	Rename (LSP)
\ c	Code Lens (LSP)
z d	Delete fold lines
z R	Delete fold lines
Ctrl s	Selection Range (LSP)
Space o	Document Symbol (LSP)
Ctrl o	Jump Back from LSP Goto Definition

Register

Register operations

Keys	Description
" register name y y
" register name y l
" register name y w
" register name y {
" register name y }
" register name p
" register name P
" register name d d
" register name d w
" register name d $
" register name d 0
" register name d G
" register name d g g
" register name d {
" register name d }
" register name d i any key
" register name d h
" register name c l OR " register name s
" register name c i any key

Visual mode

Visual Selection

Keys	Description
Esc	Enter Normal mode
d OR x	Delete characters
y	Copy characters
r	Replace character
J	Join lines
u	Convert to Lowercase
U	Convert to Uppercase
>	Indent
<	Unindent
~	Toggle case
Ctrl a	Increase number
Ctrl x	Decrease number
I	Insert characters to multiple lines
z f	Fold lines
Ctrl s	Selection Range (LSP)

Replace mode

Replace Text

Esc Go to Normal mode	Backspace Undo

Insert mode

Insert Text

Keys	Description
Esc	Enter Normal mode
Ctrl e	Insert the character which is below the cursor
Ctrl y	Insert the character which is above the cursor
Ctrl i	Insert a Tab
Ctrl h OR Backspace	Delete the character before the cursor
Ctrl t	Indent
Ctrl d	UnIndent
Ctrl w	Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl u	Delete characters before the cursor
Ctrl r	Signature Help (LSP)

Backupmanager mode

Backup File Manager

Keys	Description
Enter	Open Diff
R	Restore Backup file
D	Delete Backup file
r	Reload Backup file

References mode

References mode

Keys	Description
Enter	Go to the destination
ESC	Quit References mode

Call Hierarchy mode

Call Hierarchy

Keys	Description
Enter	Go to the destination
i	Incoming Call (LSP)
o	Outgoing Call (LSP)

Filer mode

File Manager

Keys	Description
D	Delete file
i	Detail Information
v	Split window and open file or directory

Configuration mode

Configuration mode

Keys	Description
w	Save the current configs to the configuration file

Ex mode

Ex mode

Command	Description
number	Jump to line number; e.g. :10
! shell command	Shell command execution
bg	Pause the editor and show the recent terminal output
man arguments	Show the given UNIX manual page, if available; e.g. :man man
e filename	Open file
ene	Create new empty buffer
new	Create new empty buffer in split window horizontally
vnew	Create new empty buffer in split window vertically
%s/keyword1/keyword2/	Replace text (normal mode only)
ls	Display all buffer
bprev	Switch to the previous buffer
bnext	Switch to the next buffer
bfirst	Switch to the first buffer
blast	Switch to the last buffer
bd or bd number	Delete buffer
buf	Open buffer manager
vs	Vertical split window
vs filename	Open in vertical split window
sv	Horizontal split window
sp filename	Open in horizontal split window
livereload on or livereload on	Change setting of live reload of configuration file
theme themeName	Change color theme : Example theme dark
tab on or tab off	Change setting to tab line
syntax on or syntax off	Change setting to syntax highlighting
tabstop number	Change setting to tabStop : Example tabstop 2
paren on or paren off	Change setting to auto close paren
indent on or indent off	Change sestting to auto indent
linenum on or linenum off	Change setting to display line number
statusLine on or statusLine on	Change setting to display status line
realtimesearch on or realtimesearch off	Change setting to real-time search
deleteparen on or deleteparen off	Change setting to auto delete paren
smoothscroll on or smoothscroll off	Change setting to smooth scroll
scrollMinDelay number	Set smooth scroll min speed : Example scrollMinDelay 10
scrollMaxDelay number	Set smooth scroll max speed : Example scrollMaxDelay 10
highlightcurrentword on or highlightcurrentword off	Change setting to highlight other uses of the current word
clipboard on or clipboard off	Change setting to system clipboard
highlightfullspace on or highlightfullspace off	Change setting to highlight full width space
buildonsave on or buildonsave off	Change setting to build on save
indentationlines on or indentationlines off	Change setting to indentation lines
showGitInactive on or showGitInactive off	Change status line setting to show/hide git branch name in inactive window
noh	Turn off highlights
icon	Setting show/hidden icons in filer mode
deleteTrailingSpaces	Delete trailing spaces
ignorecase	Change setting to ignorecase
smartcase	Change setting to smartcase
highlightCurrentLine on or highlightCurrentLine off	Change the highlight setting of the current line
build	Build the current buffer
lspFold	LSP Folding Range
lspFormat	LSP Document Formatting
log	Open a log viewer for editor log
lspLog	Open a log viewer for LSP log
lspRestart	Restart the current LSP server
lspForceRestart	Force restart the current LSP server
help	Open help
putConfigFile	Put a sample configuration file in ~/.config/moe
run	Quick run
recent	Open recent file selection mode (Only supported on Linux)
backup	Open backup manager
conf	Open configuration mode
debug	Open debug mode

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