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Neovim text objects + LSP whichkey + touchcursor keyboard layout + minimal zsh/yazi setup (zsh.exe supported)

 
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Table of Contents
  1. Neovim TextObjects/Motions
  2. Neovim GoTo
  3. keybindings.json
  4. Terminal
  5. If Touchcursor Keyboard Layout Started
  6. Installation
  7. Vim Cheatsheets / Tutorials
  8. Related projects

Neovim text object that starts with a/i

text-object keymap repeater key finds and autojumps? text-object name description inner / outer
ia, aa . yes _argument whole argument/parameter of a function outer includes comma
ib, ab . yes _braces find the nearest inside of () [] {} outer includes braces
iB, aB . yes _brackets find the nearest inside of {} :help iB outer includes brackets
ie, ae . line from start to end of line without beginning whitespaces (line wise) outer includes begining whitespaces
if, af . yes _function_call like function args but only when a function is called outer includes the function called
ih, ah . yes _html_attribute attribute in html/xml like href="foobar.com" inner is only the value inside the quotes trailing comma and space
ii, ai . indent_noblanks surrounding lines with same or higher indentation delimited by blanklines outer includes line above
iI, aI . indent surrounding lines with same or higher indentation outer includes line above and below
ik, ak . yes _key key of key-value pair, or left side of a assignment outer includes spaces
il, al . yes +last go to last mini.ai text-object (which start with _) requires i/a example vilk
in, an . yes +next go to Next mini.ai text-object (which start with _) requires i/a example viNk
im, am . yes _number numbers, similar to <C-a> inner: only pure digits, outer: number including minus sign and decimal point
io, ao . yes _whitespaces whitespace beetween characters outer includes surroundings
ip, ap . paragraph blanklines can also be treat as paragraphs when focused on a blankline outer includes below lines
iq, aq . yes _quotes inside of ` ` or ' ' or " " outer includes openning and closing quotes
is, as . sentence sentence delimited by dots of blanklines :help sentence outer includes spaces
it, at . yes _tag inside of a html/jsx tag outer includes openning and closing tags
iu, au . _subword like iw, but treating -, _, and . as word delimiters and only part of camelCase outer includes trailing _,-, or space
iv, av . yes _value value of key-value pair, or right side of a assignment outer includes trailing commas or semicolons or spaces
iw, aw . word from cursor to end of word (delimited by punctuation or space) outer includes whitespace ending
iW, aW . WORD from cursor to end of WORD (includes punctuation) outer includes whitespace ending
ix, ax . yes _Hex hexadecimal number or color outer includes hash #
iy, ay . same_indent surrounding lines with only same indent (delimited by blankspaces or commented lines) outer includes blankspaces
i?, a? . yes _user_prompt will ask you for enter the delimiters of a text object (useful for dot repeteability) outer includes surroundings
i(, i), a(, a) . yes ( or ) inside () outer includes surroundings
i[, i], a[, a] . yes [ or ] inside [] outer includes surroundings
i{, i}, a{, a} . yes { or } inside {} outer includes surroundings
i<, i>, a<, a> . yes < or > inside <> outer includes surroundings
i`, a` . yes apostrophe inside ` ` outer includes surroundings
i<punctuation>, a<punctuation> . yes <punctuation> inside <punctuation><punctuation> outer includes surroundings

Neovim text object that starts with g

text-object keymap mode repeater key text-object description normal mode operating-pending mode visual mode examples in normal mode
g[/g] o,x +cursor to left/right around (only textobj with _ prefix) followed by textobject uses selected region vg]u will select until quotation
g</g> o,x . prev/next find will find and jump uses selection cg>??? will replace last search with ??? forwardly
g. o,x jump to last change won't jump uses selection vg. will select from cursor position until last change
ga n,x align followed by textobject/motion uses selected region vipga= will align a paragraph by =
gA n,x preview align (escape to cancel, enter to accept) followed by textobject/motion uses selected region vipgA= will align a paraghaph by =
gb n,x . blackhole register followed by textobject/motion deletes selection vipgb will delete a paragraph without copying
gB n,x . blackhole linewise textobject not required deletes line gB. will delete two lines without saving it in the register
gc o,x . comment (vgc in normal mode will select a block comment) won't jump uses selection vipgc will comment a paragraph
gC o,x . block comment (supports selection vgC) won't jump reselects vgC will select current block of comment
ge/gE o,x previous end of word/WORD (WORD omits punctuation) uses cursor position uses selection vge will select from cursor position until previous end of word
gg/G o,x . first/last line uses cursor position uses selection vgg will select until first line
gH x . git hunk (vscode selects from cursor position to end of diff) won't jump relesects vgh will select modified code
gi n,x last position of cursor in insert mode will find and jump uses selection vgi will select until last insertion
gj/gk o,x . go down/up when wrapped uses cursor position uses selection vgj will select one line down
gm n,x +multiply (duplicate text) operator won't jump uses selection vapgm will duplicate paragraph without replacing clipboard
gp/gn o,x . +prev/+next textobj (only textobj with _ prefix) followed by textobject uses selection vgniq will select from cursor position until next quotation
gq n,x . +format selection/comments 80chars (LSP overrides it) requires a textobject applies to selection vipgq will format a paragraph
gr n,x . +replace (with register) operator followed by textobject/motion applies to selection viwgr will replace word with register (yanked text)
gs n,x . +sort Operator followed by textobject/motion uses selection vipgs will sort paragraph
gS n,x . join/split lines inside braces will toggle inside {},[],() followed by operator vipgS will join selected lines in one line
gt/gT n,x . +go to end/start of textobj followed by textobject selects form cursor position vgtiq will select until start of quotation
gu/gU n,x . +to lowercase/uppercase requires a textobject applies to selection vipgu will lowercase a paragraph
gv n,x last selected will find and jump reselects vgv will select last selection
gw n,x . split/join comments/lines 80chars (preserves cursor position) requires a textobject applies to selection vipgw will split/join a paragraph limited by 80 characters
gx n,x . +exchange (text) Operator followed by textobject/motion uses selection viwgx will exchange word with another viwgY
g-/g+ n,x . decrement/increment number selects number under cursor uses selected number 3g+ will increment by 3
g<Up>/g<Down> n,x numbers ascending/descending selects number under cursor uses selected number g<Up> will increase selected numbers ascendingly
= n,x . autoindent followed by text-object uses selection == autoindents line
</> n,x . indent left/right followed by text-object uses selection << indents to left a line
0/$ o,x . start/end of line d$j. deletes two end-of-lines
^ o,x . start of line (non-blankline) d^ deletes until start of line (after whitespace)
% o,x matching character: '()', '{}', '[]' won't jump won't jump d% deletes until bracket
(/) o,x . prev/next sentence d(. deletes until start of sentence (two times)
{/} o,x . prev/next empty line (before a paragraph) d{. deletes until next empty line (two times)
[[/]] o,x . prev/next section d[[ deletes until start of section
b/w o,x . prev/next word db deletes until start of word
B/W o,x . prev/next WORD dW. deletes 2 WORDS
e/E o,x . end of word/WORD de deletes until end of word
f/F o,x . move to next/prev char (f to repeat_jump) df, deletes until a next ,
t/T o,x . move before next/prev char (f to repeat_jump) dt deletes before next ,
s n,x . +surround (followed by a=add, d=delete, r=replace) followed by textobject/motion (only add) uses selection (only add) viwsa" will add " to word, sd" will delete ", sr"' will replace "

Neovim Motions and Operators

Motion/Operator keymap Mode repeater key Description requires textobject/motion keymap? (operators requires textobjects/motion) example when in normal mode
g[/g] n,x +cursor to left/right around (only textobj with _ prefix) yes g]q go to end to quotation
g</g> n,x . prev/next find g> will find, jump and select the last search
g;/g, n go backward/forward in :changes
g. n,x go to last change
ga n,x . +align yes gaip= will align a paragraph by =
gA n,x . +preview align (escape to cancel, enter to accept) yes gAip= will align a paragraph by =
gb n,x . +blackhole register yes gbip delete a paragraph without copying
gB n,x . blackhole linewise yes gB delete line
gc n,x . +comment yes gcip comment a paragraph
gd n go to definition
ge/gE n,x go to previous end of word/WORD
gf n go to file under cursor
gg/G n,x go to first/last line
gt/gT n,x . +go to end/start of textobj yes gtiq go to end of quotation
gi n,x last position of cursor in insert mode
gj/gk n,x go down/up (when wrapped)
gJ n,x . join below line
gm n,x +multiply (duplicate text) operator gmap duplicate paragraph withoug modifying clipboard
gM n,x go to mid line
gp/gn n,x ;forward ,backward +next (only textobj with _ prefix) yes gniq go to next quotation
gq n,x . +format selection/comments yes gqip format a paragraph
gr n,x . +replace (with register) Operator yes griw replace word with register (yanked text)
gs n,x . +sort operator yes gsip sort paragraph
gS n,x . split/join arguments
gu/gU n,x . +to lowercase/uppercase yes guip lowercase a paragraph
gv n,x last selected
gw n,x . +split/join coments/lines 80chars (keeps cursor position) yes gwip split/join a paragraph by 80 characters
gx n,x . +exchange (text) operator yes gxiw exchange word with another gxiw
gy/gY n . redo register (dot to paste forward/bacward)
g-/g+ n,x . decrement/increment number yes 10g+ increment by 10
= n,x . +autoindent yes =ip autoindents paragraph
</> n,x . +indent left/right yes >ip indents to right a paragraph
0/$ n,x start/end of line
^ n,x start of line (non-blankline)
% n,x matching character: (), {}, []
(/) n,x prev/next sentence
{/} n,x prev/next empty line (paragraph)
[[/]] n,x prev/next section
b/w n,x prev/end word
B/W n,x prev/next WORD (WORD omits punctuation)
e/E n,x . end of word/WORD
f/F n,x f move to next/prev char
t/T n,x f move before next/prev char
U n repeat :normal <keys> or :<commands>
Y n,x yank until end of line
s n,x . +surround (followed by a=add, d=delete, r=replace) yes saiw" add ", sd" delete ", sr"' replace "

Neovim Space TextObjects/Motions

Keymap Mode repeater key Description
<space><space>p n,x . Paste after (secondary clipboard)
<space><space>P n,x . Paste before (secondary clipboard)
<space><space>y n,x yank (secondary clipboard)
<space><space>Y n,x yank until end of line (secondary clipboard)
<space><space>j n,x,o ;forward ,backward prev ColumnMove
<space><space>k n,x,o ;forward ,backward next ColumnMove

Neovim Go to Previous / Next

Keymap Mode repeater key Description
gpc / gnc n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next comment
gpd / gnd n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next diagnostic
gpf / gnf n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next fold (only inside neovim)
gph / gnh n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next git hunk (no supported on Windows10)
gpH / gnH n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next git hunk (supported on Windows10)
gpr / gnr n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next reference (only inside vscode)
gpaa / gnaa n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _argument
gpab / gnab n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _brace
gpaf / gnaf n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _function_call
gpah / gnah n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _html_attribute
gpak / gnak n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _key
gpam / gnam n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _number
gpao / gnao n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _whitespace
gpaq / gnaq n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _quote
gpat / gnat n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _tag
gpau / gnau n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _subword
gpav / gnav n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _value
gpax / gnax n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _hexadecimal
gpa? / gna? n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of outer _user_prompt
gpia / gnia n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _argument
gpif / gnif n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _function_call
gpih / gnih n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _html_attribute
gpik / gnik n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _key
gpim / gnim n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _number
gpio / gnio n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _whitespace
gpiq / gniq n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _quote
gpit / gnit n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _tag
gpiu / gniu n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _subword
gpiv / gniv n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _value
gpix / gnix n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _hexadecimal
gpi? / gni? n,o,x ;forward ,backward previous/next of inner _user_prompt

Neovim Mini.bracketed

keymap mode description
[b/]b/[B/]B n,o,x prev/next/first/last buffer
[c/]c/[C/]C n,o,x prev/next/first/last comment
[x/]x/[X/]X n,o,x prev/next/first/last conflict (only inside neovim)
[d/]d/[D/]D n,o,x prev/next/first/last diagnostic (only inside neovim)
[f/]f/[F/]F n,o,x prev/next/first/last file
[i/]i/[I/]I n,o,x prev/next/first/last indent
[j/]j/[J/]J n,o,x prev/next/first/last jump
[l/]l/[L/]L n,o,x prev/next/first/last location (only inside neovim)
[o/]o/[O/]O n,o,x prev/next/first/last oldfile
[q/]q/[Q/]Q n,o,x prev/next/first/last quickfix (only inside neovim)
[t/]t/[T/]T n,o,x prev/next/first/last treesitter
[w/]w/[W/]W n,o,x prev/next/first/last window (only inside neovim)
[y/]y/[Y/]Y n,o,x prev/next/first/last yank

Native neovim ctrl keys

Key Combination mode Description
ctrl+a n,v increase number under cursor
ctrl+b n,v scroll down by page
ctrl+e n,v scroll down by line
ctrl+d n,v scroll down by half page
ctrl+f n,v scroll up by page
ctrl+i n jump to next in :jumps
ctrl+o n jump to previous in :jumps
ctrl+r n redo (u to undo)
ctrl+s n,v replace text (using sed syntax)(only replaces selected region on visual mode)(neovim only)
ctrl+u n,v scroll up by half page
ctrl+v n,v visual block mode
ctrl+w n,v See vscode-window-commands.vim
ctrl+x n,v decrease number under cursor
ctrl+y n,v scroll up by line
ctrl+/ n,v comment line

File Explorer keymaps

Key Combination Description
a Create new file (path/to/file creates 2 folders and 1 file)
A Create new folder (path/to/somewhere creates 3 folders)
d delete file
gg focus first file
G focus last file
h Collapse list
j Move down
k Move up
l or enter open directory/file passing focus
o or space open without passing focus replacing current tab
O open without passing focus in a new tab
p paste file
q close sidebar visibility
r Rename file
R refresh file explorer
v Open selected file to the side and toggle sidebar visibility
x cut file
y copy file
za toggle expand
/ search
Down Focus down and preview file
Up Focus up and preview file
alt+j or shift+j Move focus down 10 times in list view
alt+k or shift+k Move focus up 10 times in list view
alt+l or shift+l Open and toggle sidebar visibility
<unmapped letter> find (by first <unmapped letter> of file/folder) and jump

Editor keymaps (keybindings.json)

Key Combination mode Description
ctrl+\ n Toggle panel (terminal) visibility
escape n clear search highlight
shift+space n Show whichkey menu (Windows, Linux, Mac)
alt+space n Show whichkey menu (Linux, Mac)
alt+c i Copy
alt+v i Paste
jk i send Escape
alt+h i,x Send Escape
alt+j n Quick-open-menu select next
alt+k n Quick-open-menu select previous
alt+h n Type 10h
alt+j n Type 10gj
alt+k n Type 10gk
alt+l n Type 10l
alt+v n Type V
alt+s or left n Go to previous editor
alt+f or right n Go to next editor
alt+left or alt+down n Decrease view size
alt+right or alt+up n Increase view size
ctrl+h n Navigate to left window
ctrl+j n Navigate to down window
ctrl+k n Navigate to up window
ctrl+l n Navigate to right window
alt+q or shift+q n Close active editor
alt+r or shift+r n Format and save
ctrl+alt+left n,i,x select left word (on multi cursor)
ctrl+alt+right n,i,x select right word (on multi cursor)
<ctr+x><ctrl+o> i to expand emmet-ls (neovim only)
h n Move cursor left ( Windows10 <number>h not supported )
j n Move cursor down ( Windows10 <number>j not supported )
k n Move cursor up ( Windows10 <number>k not supported )
l n Move cursor right ( Windows10 <number>l not supported)

Suggestion keymaps

Key Combination mode Description
ctrl+i i Toggle suggestion details
ctrl+space i Toggle suggestion widget
ctrl+shift+space i Toggle parameter hints
ctrl+alt+space i Toggle suggestion focus
alt+] i Show next inline suggestion
alt+[ i Show previous inline suggestion
alt+j i inline suggestion accept next word
alt+k i inline suggestion accept next line
alt+l i Commit inline suggestion
ctrl+j i Select next suggestion
ctrl+k i Select previous suggestion
tab i go to next snippet stop or next suggestion
shift+tab i go to prev snippet stop or prev suggestion
ctrl+l i Accept selected suggestion
ctrl+d i Select next page in suggestion details
ctrl+u i Select previous page in suggestion details
alt+. i expand snippet (neovim only)
alt+; i next snippet stop (neovim only)
alt+, i previous snippet stop (neovim only)
ctrl+c i exit snippet session (neovim only)

Terminal keymaps

Key Combination Description
alt+c Copy selection in terminal
alt+v Paste in terminal
alt+y send sequence to open yazi
alt+shift+d Scroll terminal to next command
alt+shift+e Scroll terminal to previous command
alt+e Scroll terminal up
alt+d Scroll terminal down
alt+q Scroll terminal up by page
alt+a Scroll terminal down by page
alt+t Scroll terminal to top
alt+g Scroll terminal to bottom
alt+left Resize terminal pane left
alt+right Resize terminal pane right
alt+down Resize terminal pane down
alt+up Resize terminal pane up
alt+ctrl+r select from shell history
Up previous shell history
Down next shell history
ctrl+d exit signal
ctrl+c cancel signal
ctrl+r search shell history
ctrl+backspace delete word
Home jump to start of line (powershelll and bash only)
End jump to end of line (powershelll and bash only)
ctrl+left jump backward word (powershelll and bash only)
ctrl+right jump forward word (powershelll and bash only)
ctrl+alt+shift+? show shortcuts (powershelll only)
bind -P show shortcuts (bash only, emacs keybindings by default)

zsh keymaps

keymap description
<tab> show (dash/path) options or complete path
<tab><tab> enter completion menu
<esc><esc> tmux-copy-mode-like / normal-mode (inside neovim terminal)
vi<enter> open retronvim's neovim
y<enter> open yazi (changes directory on exit)
alt+o open yazi (even while writing commands)
alt+h enter vim mode
alt+j previous history and enter vim-mode
alt+k next history and enter vim-mode
alt+l complete suggestion and enter vim-mode
ctrl+r search history with fzf
ctrl+l clear screen
ctrl+alt+l clear screen (inside neovim terminal)

If Touchcursor Keyboard Layout Started

layer qwerty

@grl 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    0    -    =    bspc
tab  q    w    e    r    t    y    u    i    o    p    [    ]    \
@cap a    s    d    f    g    h    j    k    l    ;    '    ret
lsft z    x    c    v    b    n    m    ,    .    /    rsft
lctl lmet @alt           @spc           @sft rmet rctl

layer touchcursor (press and hold space to enter the layer)

_    f1   f2   f3   f4   f5   f6   f7   f8   f9   f10  f11  f12  _
_    @¿   _    _    _    @m🡠  @M↓  @m↓  @m↑  @M↑  @m🡪  _    _    _
_    del  spc  bspc @clr _    @🡠   @↓   @↑   @🡪   @yaz _    _
_    @ñ   _    caps _    _    pgup home end  pgdn _    _
_    _    _              _              _    _    _
key description example / keymap
@grl tap: backtick/grave, hold and press 1 = qwerty layer, hold and press 2 = dvorak layer `+2 = dvorak
@cap tap for escape, hold for LeftCtrl cap+l = ctrl+l
@sft tap for backspace, hold for LeftShift RAlt+l = shift+l
@alt tap for middle click, hold for LeftAlt LAlt+l = LAlt+l
@spc tap for space, hold for touchcursor layer, release for qwerty layer space+jj = DownArrow + DownArrow
@yaz open yazi_cd on any shell space+;
@clr clear screen on any shell space+f
@¿ unicode ¿ space+q
@ñ unicode ñ space+z
@m🡠 mouse scrolling left space+t
@m🡪 mouse scrolling right space+p
@m↑ mouse scrolling up space+i
@m↓ mouse scrolling down space+u
@M↑ mouse fast scrolling up space+y
@M↓ mouse fast scrolling down space+p
spc space key space+s
bspc backspace key space+d
home home key space+m
end end key space+,
pgup pageup key space+n
pgdn pagedown key space+.
@🡠 left arrow key space+h
@↓ down arrow key space+j
@↑ up arrow key space+k
@🡪 right arrow key space+l
caps toggles capslock space+c

Installation

  • On Windows 10/11 before installing retronvim extension you need to enable Developer Mode to be able to create the ~/.vscode/extensions/yeferyv.retronvim symlink. Go to Settings > System > For Developers > Developer Mode > On and relaunch vscode

    https://neacsu.net/posts/win_symlinks

Manual Install

  • Linux/MacOS:

    curl -L pixi.sh/install.sh | bash
source ~/.zshrc
pixi global install git nodejs nvim yazi
git clone --recursive https://github.com/yeferyv/retronvim
cd retronvim
npx vsce package --out retronvim.vsix
code --install-extension retronvim.vsix

    Windows 10/11:

    winget install git.git openjs.nodejs neovim.neovim sxyazi.yazi microsoft.vcredist.2015+.x64 # microsoft.visualstudiocode # then relaunch terminal
git clone --recursive https://github.com/yeferyv/retronvim
cd retronvim
npx vsce package --out retronvim.vsix
code --install-extension retronvim.vsix

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Trobleshotting

  • remove the ~/.vscode/extensions/yeferyv.retronvim symlink and relaunch vscode
  • remove vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.linux vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.win32 vscode-neovim.neovimExecutablePaths.darwin from settings.json and relaunch vscode
  • open vscode command palette and type: Output: Show Output Channels > vscode-neovim logs

Terminal dependencies (optional)

  • To install terminal dependencies after installing retronvim extension, open whichkey > +Install Dependencies > install <your package manager> > <your package manager> install lazygit startship zsh > relaunch vscode

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