Command Reference

This document lists every command in aretext.

All commands are compatible with vim keybindings, but not all vim keybindings are implemented. If you want to use a command that is not yet available, please consider contributing to the project!

Normal Mode Commands

Some commands may be prefixed with a number count to repeat the command count times. For example "5x" deletes the next five characters.

Commands that interact with the clipboard accept a clipboard page prefix of the form "[a-z], where the letter is the name of the page. If not provided, a default (unnamed) page is used.

Name	Key Binding	Options
cursor left	left arrow	count
cursor right	right arrow	count
cursor up	up arrow	count
cursor down	down arrow	count
cursor left	h	count
cursor right	l	count
cursor up	k	count
cursor down	j	count
cursor forward	space	count
cursor back	backspace	count
cursor start of next line after indentation	enter
cursor to next matching character in line	f{char}	count
cursor to prev matching character in line	F{char}	count
cursor till next matching character in line	t{char}	count
cursor till prev matching character in line	T{char}	count
cursor next word start	w	count
cursor next word start, including punctuation	W	count
cursor prev word start	b	count
cursor prev word start, including punctuation	B	count
cursor next word end	e	count
cursor next word end, including punctuation	E	count
cursor prev paragraph	{
cursor next paragraph	}
cursor line start	0
cursor line start after indentation	^
cursor line end	$
cursor start of first line	gg
cursor start of line number	{count}gg
cursor start of last line	G
cursor matching code block delimiter (paren, brace, or bracket)	%
cursor prev unmatched open brace	[{
cursor next unmatched close brace	]}
cursor prev unmatched open paren	[(
cursor next unmatched close paren	])
scroll up (full page)	ctrl-f
scroll down (full page)	ctrl-b
scroll up (half page)	ctrl-u
scroll down (half page)	ctrl-d
insert	i
insert at start of line	I
append	a
append at end of line	A
new line below	o
new line above	O
join lines	J
delete next character in line	x	count, clipboard page
delete next character in line	delete
delete line	dd	count, clipboard page
delete previous character in line	dh	clipboard page
delete lines below	dj	clipboard page
delete lines above	dk	clipboard page
delete next character in line	dl	count, clipboard page
delete to end of line	d$	clipboard page
delete to start of line	d0	clipboard page
delete to start of line after indentation	d^	clipboard page
delete to end of line	D	clipboard page
delete to start of next word	dw	count, clipboard page
delete to start of next word, including punctuation	dW	count, clipboard page
delete a word	daw	count, clipboard page
delete inner word	diw	count, clipboard page
delete a double-quoted string	da"	clipboard page
delete inner double-quoted string	di"	clipboard page
delete a single-quoted string	da'	clipboard page
delete inner single-quoted string	di'	clipboard page
delete a backtick-quoted string	da`	clipboard page
delete inner backtick-quoted string	di`	clipboard page
delete to next matching character in line	df{char}	count, clipboard page
delete to prev matching character in line	dF{char}	count, clipboard page
delete till next matching character in line	dt{char}	count, clipboard page
delete till prev matching character in line	dT{char}	count, clipboard page
delete inner paren block	dib di( di)	clipboard page
delete a paren block	dab da( da)	clipboard page
delete inner brace block	diB di{ di}	clipboard page
delete a brace block	daB da{ da}	clipboard page
delete inner angle block	di< di>	clipboard page
delete an angle block	da< da>	clipboard page
search forward and delete	d/	clipboard page
search backward and delete	d?	clipboard page
change word	cw	count, clipboard page
change a word	caw	count, clipboard page
change inner word	ciw	count, clipboard page
change a double-quoted string	ca"	clipboard page
change inner double-quoted string	ci"	clipboard page
change a single-quoted string	ca'	clipboard page
change inner single-quoted string	ci'	clipboard page
change a backtick-quoted string	ca`	clipboard page
change inner backtick-quoted string	ci`	clipboard page
change to next matching character in line	cf{char}	count, clipboard page
change to prev matching character in line	cF{char}	count, clipboard page
change till next matching character in line	ct{char}	count, clipboard page
change till prev matching character in line	cT{char}	count, clipboard page
change inner paren block	cib ci( ci)	clipboard page
change a paren block	cab ca( ca)	clipboard page
change inner brace block	ciB ci{ ci}	clipboard page
change a brace block	caB ca{ ca}	clipboard page
change inner angle block	ci< ci>	clipboard page
change an angle block	ca< ca>	clipboard page
search forward and change	c/	clipboard page
search backward and change	c?	clipboard page
replace character	r
toggle case	~
indent line	>>
outdent line	<<
yank to start of next word	yw	count, clipboard page
yank to start of next word, including punctuation	yW	count, clipboard page
yank a word	yaw	count, clipboard page
yank inner word	yiw	count, clipboard page
yank a double-quoted string	ya"	clipboard page
yank inner double-quoted string	yi"	clipboard page
yank a single-quoted string	ya'	clipboard page
yank inner single-quoted string	yi'	clipboard page
yank a backtick-quoted string	ya`	clipboard page
yank inner backtick-quoted string	yi`	clipboard page
yank line	yy	clipboard page
yank to next matching character in line	yf{char}	count, clipboard page
yank to prev matching character in line	yF{char}	count, clipboard page
yank till next matching character in line	yt{char}	count, clipboard page
yank till prev matching character in line	yT{char}	count, clipboard page
search forward and yank	y/	clipboard page
search backward and yank	y?	clipboard page
put after cursor	p	clipboard page
put before cursor	P	clipboard page
show command menu	:
start forward search	/
start backward search	?
find next match	n
find previous match	N
search forward for word under cursor	*	count
search backward for word under cursor	#	count
undo	u
redo	ctrl-r
visual mode charwise	v
visual mode linewise	V
repeat last action	.

Visual Mode Commands

Name	Key Binding	Options
toggle visual mode charwise	v
toggle visual mode linewise	V
return to normal mode	escape
show command menu	:
delete selection	x	clipboard page
delete selection	d	clipboard page
delete selection	delete
change selection	c	clipboard page
toggle case for selection	~
indent selection	>
outdent selection	<
yank selection	y	clipboard page
select inner word	iw	count
select a word	aw	count
select a double-quoted string	a"
select inner double-quoted string	i"
select a single-quoted string	a'
select inner single-quoted string	i'
select a backtick-quoted string	a`
select inner backtick-quoted string	i`
select inner paren block	ib i( i)
select a paren block	ab a( a)
select inner brace block	iB i{ i}
select a brace block	aB a{ a}
select inner angle block	i< i>
select an angle block	a< a>

Menu Commands

Name	Aliases
quit	q
force quit	q!
new document
move or rename document
save document	s, w
save document and quit	sq, wq, x
force save document	s!, w!
force save document and quit	sq!, wq!
force reload	r!
find and open	f
open previous document	p
open next document	n
child directory	cd
parent directory	pd
toggle show tabs	ta
toggle tab expand	te
toggle line numbers	nu
toggle auto-indent	ai
start/stop recording macro	m
replay macro	r