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1. Uppercase letter = changes the lowercase meaning

Movement / Insert

• i → insert before cursor

  I → insert at start of line

• a → append after cursor

  A → apppend at end of line

• o → open line below

  O → open line above

Change / Delete / Yank

• c → change (needs motion)

  C → change from cursor to end of line

• d → delete (needs motion)

  D → delete from cursor to end of line

• y → yank (needs motion)

  Y → yank from cursor to end of line

• s → substitute one character

  S → substitute entire line

2. Double lowercase = "do it to the whole line"

Pattern: xx = act on full current line

• yy yank whole line

• dd delete whole line

• cc change whole line

• >> indent line

• << unindent line

NOTE:

1. About > / <:

   1. In normal nmode:

      > / < always indent the whole line.

   2. In visual block mode (<C-v>)

      > / < shift the text to the RIGHT of the block.