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A Comparison of Common Vim and Emacs ShortcutsVim 与 Emacs 常用快捷键对比
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Having gotten used to vim shortcuts, I also took a look at emacs. I use spf for vim and prelude for emacs — experienced both “masters”. (After writing a lot, this article doesn’t have a direct relationship with those two; it was written as notes.)
I personally often use vim’s dd or yy and then p, and emacs’s feels more troublesome (C-a C-k C-y). Mainly I use emacs very little.
Having gotten used to vim, you can enable evil-mode in emacs. emacs’s M-x is very powerful.
Here’s a simple summary comparing common shortcuts, as notes.
| star | vim | emacs | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | i | — | Insert mode |
| * | : | — | Command mode |
| * | ESC | — | Normal mode |
| h | C-b | Left | |
| l | C-f | Right | |
| j | C-n | Down | |
| k | C-p | Up | |
| :q | C-x C-c | Quit | |
| :q! | C-x c-c n | Force quit | |
| x | C-d | Delete current character | |
| w | M-f | Next word | |
| b | M-b | Previous word | |
| o | Add a line below the cursor and start editing | ||
| O | Add a line above the cursor and start editing | ||
| ^ | C-a | Move cursor to the first character of the current line | |
| $ | C-e | End of line | |
| 0 | Beginning of line | ||
| :o | C-x C-f | Open file | |
| :w | C-x C-s | Save file | |
| :wq | Save and quit | ||
| a | — | Start editing after the cursor | |
| A | Start editing at the end of the line | ||
| I | Start editing at the beginning of the line | ||
| C-v | Vertical visual selection | ||
| C-V | Vertical line visual selection | ||
| p | Paste | ||
| y | Copy | ||
| dd | Delete current line | ||
| dw | Delete current word | ||
| 2dd | Delete two lines | ||
| u | Undo | ||
| C-r | Redo | ||
| d$ | Delete from cursor to end of file | ||
| r | Replace current character | ||
| cw | Delete the word starting at cursor, and start editing | ||
| c$ | Delete to end of file, and start editing | ||
| G | M-> | Last line | |
| gg | M-< | First line | |
| * | ’’ | Go back to the line you were just on | |
| :400 | Go to line 400 | ||
| 400G | Go to line 400 | ||
| % | Jump to the matching bracket | ||
| :s/old/new/g | M-x repl s … | Text replacement | |
| :%s/old/new/g | M-x repl s … | Text replacement | |
| :%s/old/new/gc | M-x repl s … | Text replacement | |
| * | C-v | Next screen | |
| * | M-v | Previous screen | |
| * | C-l | Center the cursor line on the screen | |
| * | M-a | Beginning of sentence | |
| * | M-e | End of sentence | |
| C-u num command | Repeat the command (or input) N times | ||
| C-g | Abort the current command input | ||
| * | Esc | Assist in pressing the M key | |
| C-d | Delete the character after the cursor | ||
| db | M- |
Remove the word before the cursor | |
| dw | M-d | Remove the word after the cursor | |
| d$ | C-k | Remove from cursor to end of line | |
| dG | M-k | Remove from cursor to end of sentence | |
| C-@ then C-w | Remove selected text (C- |
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| C-y | Recall the most recent “removed” content (e.g. C-k C-k C-y) | ||
| M-y | Continuously recall the previous “removed” content | ||
| C-/ | Undo the effect of the last command (same as C-x u or C-_) | ||
| C-x s | Save multiple buffers | ||
| C-x C-b | Buffer list | ||
| C-x b bufferName | Switch to a buffer | ||
| C-z | Temporarily leave emacs (type fg or %emacs in the shell to come back) | ||
| C-x C-c | Quit directly | ||
| C-s | Search forward (C-g returns cursor to start position, |
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| C-r | Search backward | ||
| C-x 1 | Keep only the current window | ||
| C-x 2 | Split window vertically | ||
| C-x 3 | Split window horizontally | ||
| C-x o | Move cursor to another window (other) | ||
| C-M-v | Scroll the other window down | ||
| C-M- |
Scroll the other window up | ||
| C-h c command | Show brief help for a command | ||
| C-h k command | Show detailed help for a command | ||
| C-h i | Manual | ||
| * | C-h b | Show all key bindings (describe bindings) | |
习惯了vim快捷键，又了解下emacs。 vim使用spf，emacs使用prelude，体验了两位“大神”。（写多了，这篇文章与这两个没有直接关系，写出了作为笔记）
个人经常使用vim的dd或者yy然后p，感觉emacs的就麻烦了（C-a C-k C-y） 主要是emacs用的很少。
习惯了vim，可以emacs启用evil-mode。 emacs的M-x很强大。
简单整理下常用快捷键的对比，作为笔记。
| star | vim | emacs | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| * | i | — | 插入模式 |
| * | : | — | 命令模式 |
| * | ESC | — | 普通模式 |
| h | C-b | 左 | |
| l | C-f | 右 | |
| j | C-n | 下 | |
| k | C-p | 上 | |
| :q | C-x C-c | 退出 | |
| :q! | C-x c-c n | 强制退出 | |
| x | C-d | 删除当前单词 | |
| w | M-f | 右单词 | |
| b | M-b | 左单词 | |
| o | 在光标下一行添加，并开始编辑 | ||
| O | 在光标上一行添加，并开始编辑 | ||
| ^ | C-a | 移动光标到当前行第一个字符首 | |
| $ | C-e | 行尾 | |
| 0 | 行首 | ||
| :o | C-x C-f | 打开文件 | |
| :w | C-x C-s | 保存文件 | |
| :wq | 保存并退出 | ||
| a | — | 在光标后开始编辑 | |
| A | 在行最后开始编辑 | ||
| I | 在行首开始编辑 | ||
| C-v | 垂直选择视图 | ||
| C-V | 垂直选择行视图 | ||
| p | 粘贴 | ||
| y | 复制 | ||
| dd | 删除当前行 | ||
| dw | 删除当前单词 | ||
| 2dd | 删除两行 | ||
| u | 撤销 | ||
| C-r | 重复 | ||
| d$ | 删除光标到文件最后 | ||
| r | 替换当前字符 | ||
| cw | 删除光标开始的单词，并开始编辑 | ||
| c$ | 删除到文件最后，并开始编辑 | ||
| G | M-> | 最后一行 | |
| gg | M-< | 第一行 | |
| * | ’’ | 回到刚才的行 | |
| :400 | 转到400行 | ||
| 400G | 转到400行 | ||
| % | 转到匹配的括号 | ||
| :s/old/new/g | M-x repl s … | 文本替换 | |
| :%s/old/new/g | M-x repl s … | 文本替换 | |
| :%s/old/new/gc | M-x repl s … | 文本替换 | |
| * | C-v | 下一屏幕 | |
| * | M-v | 上一屏幕 | |
| * | C-l | 光标行置于屏幕中央 | |
| * | M-a | 句首 | |
| * | M-e | 句尾 | |
| C-u 数字 命令 | 重复N次命令（或输入） | ||
| C-g | 终止当前命令输入 | ||
| * | Esc | 辅助按下M键 | |
| C-d | 删除光标后字符 | ||
| db | M- |
移除光标前单词 | |
| dw | M-d | 移除光标后单词 | |
| d$ | C-k | 移除光标到行尾 | |
| dG | M-k | 移除光标到句尾 | |
| C-@ 之后 C-w | 移除选定文字（C- |
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| C-y | 召回最近一次“移除”的内容（例如 C-k C-k C-y） | ||
| M-y | 不断召回上一次“移除”的内容 | ||
| C-/ | 撤销上次命令的影响（与 C-x u 或 C-_ 相同） | ||
| C-x s | 保存多个缓冲区 | ||
| C-x C-b | 缓冲区列表 | ||
| C-x b 缓冲区名称 | 切换到缓冲区 | ||
| C-z | 暂时离开emacs（shell中输入fg或者%emacs再次回来） | ||
| C-x C-c | 直接退出 | ||
| C-s | 向前搜索（C-g光标回到开始位置， |
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| C-r | 向后搜索 | ||
| C-x 1 | 保留当前窗口 | ||
| C-x 2 | 垂直分割窗口 | ||
| C-x 3 | 水平分割窗口 | ||
| C-x o | 移动光标到其他窗口（other） | ||
| C-M-v | 向下滚动其他窗口 | ||
| C-M- |
向上滚动其他窗口 | ||
| C-h c 命令 | 显示命令的简易帮助 | ||
| C-h k 命令 | 显示命令的详细帮助 | ||
| C-h i | 手册 | ||
| * | C-h b | 显示所有函数绑定(describe bindings) | |