English mnemonics to Vim's shortcuts
In normal mode:
a
: appendb
: beginning (of current or previous word)c
: changed
: deletee
: end (of current word)f
: find (next given character on current line)g
: go (used as "leader" for many commands)h
: left (only makes sense on the keyboard used by vi's author, same forjkl
)i
: insertj
: downk
: upl
: rightm
: markn
: next (occurrence of last search)o
: open (new line below current line)p
: put (paste)q
: quote? (record a macro in given register)r
: replaces
: substitutet
: toward (next given character on current line)u
: undov
: (enter) visual modew
: (next) wordx
: x-out (delete a single character)y
: yankz
: fold (it's visual, it looks like a folded sheet of paper)
Some do. Check out this cheatsheet, it has a lot of mnemonics:
http://michael.peopleofhonoronly.com/vim/
Some of the more obvious ones:
y
= yankc
= changeO
= overf
= findr
= replaceu
= undot
= unTil character
My mnemonic for ^
(go to beginning of line): ^
looks like a roof, roof symbolizes home. Home
key moves your cursor to the start of line/document.
Look at ADM-3A keyboard layout: the Home
key is used to print ^
and ~
symbols.