My Kakoune cheatsheet

kakoune_cheatsheet.md

Kakoune

set verbose mode (good for learning) :set -add global autoinfo normal

Movement

Goto

10g - go to line 10

g +

g - buffer start

e - buffer end

j - buffer bottom

t - window top

c - window center

b - window bottom

l - line end

h - line begin

i - line non blank start

Align screen relative to cursor (Vim z+)

v +

v - center vertically

m - center horizontally

t - top

b - bottom

h, j, k, l - scroll one char

Search

/ <a-/> - start search forward (backward)

n <a-n> - search next search pattern forward (backward)

N <a-N> - extend next search pattern forward (backward)

Selections

% - select whole buffer

s - select (find) regex in selected text

<a-S> - select first and last char of selection(s)

<a-s> - split selection on line ends

S - split selection on given regex

x - select line (X - next line below)

<a-x> - extend selections to whole lines

<a-X> - crop selections to whole lines

<a-;> - switch anchor and cursor

; - collapse selection to its anchor (one char, effectively reduce selection to one char)

<a-i> - select inner object

<a-a> - select all object (paragraph, sentence, etc)

[ - select to beginning of an object; <a-[ - inner object

{ - extend to beginning of an object; <a-{ - inner object

] - select to the end of an object; <a-] - inner object

} - extend to beginning of an object; <a-} - inner object

<a-s> - split selected text on line ends

<a-k> - select lines matching regexp inside selection

<a-K> - select lines NOT matching regexp inside selection

7G - select to line 7

<a-h> - select until beginning of; line like Vim 0

<a-l> - select until end of line; like Vim $

m - match paranthesis; like Vim's %, select parans and content inside

<a-m> - match parens backwards (direction)

M - get a selection from current cursor to next block end or rather extend to next parans included

<a-M> - extend to prev parens

f - select to next char included (<a-f> - prev char)

C - copy selection on next lines (<a-C> - previus lines)

<a-&> - copy identation

Z - save selection in mark register ^

z - restore selections stored in register ^

<a-z> - combine selection from register, confirm by hitting a for example

<a-Z> - combine selections to register

<space> - remove all selections except main

<a-space> - remove main selection

_ - trim selections

Text manipulation

y - yank

p - paste after (P before)

<a-p> - paste every yanked selection after selected text, keep new (pasted) selection (<a-P> before)

d - delete

i - instert

c - delete and inserst

R - replace selection with the content of the register

<a-R> - replace selected text with yanked text

u - undo

U - redo

<a-j> - join with next line (<a-J> include spaces)

backtick - convert to lower-case (<a-backtick> - swap case)

~ - convert to upper-case

o - insert on new line below (O above)

<a-o> - add new line below (<a-O> above)

Advanced

) - loop through selections (( backward)

<a-)> - rotate splitted selection clock-wise (<a-(> counter clock-wise)

"m* - save smart search (*) pattern to register m (_ is a null register)

<c-r> - instert into the buffer value stored in the register (% - buffer name, etc.); numbers correspond to submatches, like (\w+)

. - repeat last insert session

<a-.> - repeat last selection (for example ]p); like Vim' ;

Q - start recording macro until Esc is hit

q - replay the macro (saved in the @ register)

Shell

| - modify selections by passind to the shell command which will transform them and write back (<a-|> will ignore results)

! - insert a result of the shell cmd before selections (<a-!> - append result)

$ - apply predicate to selections (0 return value is considered a success); filiter them

Tips

|fold -w80 - wrap selection

!date - insert date before selection

$xsel -bi - copy selection to clipboard. -bi stands for --clipboard --input

%|diff -u <c-r>% - - compare current buffer contents with the version saved to disk

<a-;> insert mode -> normal mode (for one cmd) -> back, preseving selections/bindings, modes can be deeply nested (hit Esc more than once if needed)

The couple u and U lets you move backward and forward in the last branch while their alternative versions <a-u> <a-U> follow absolute history id which may be located somewhere else in the history tree.

@lambda-mike Thank you for your cheat sheet. I created a pdf-version, plus I added the copy command for macOS.

This is awesome! If I ever get around to it, I was gonna do something similar for all the :[option] commands because I always forget how to change the theme 😅