Vim Alphabet

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Summary version

Summary	Lowercase Command	Uppercase Command	Summary
Append	a	A	Append end
Backward	b	B	Backward BIG
Change	c	C	Change to end
Delete	d	D	Delete to end
End	e	E	End BIG
Find	f	F	Find backward
Go	g	G	Go end
Left	h	H	Head
Insert	i	I	Insert start
Down	j	J	Join
Up	k	K	Keyword help
Right	l	L	Low
Mark	m	M	Middle
Next	n	N	Search prev
Open below	o	O	Open above
Put	p	P	Put before
Record	q	Q	Ex mode
Replace	r	R	Replace char
Substitute	s	S	Substitute ln
Till	t	T	Till backward
Undo	u	U	Undo line
Visual	v	V	Visual line
Word	w	W	Word BIG
Cut	x	X	Cut backward
Yank	y	Y	Yank line
Redraw	z	Z	Save-quit

Command	Summary	Description
a	Append	Enter insert mode after the current character
b	Backward	Move cursor one word backward
c	Change	Change the text under cursor or specified region
d	Delete	Delete the text under cursor or specified region
e	End	Move cursor to end of word
f	Find	Move cursor to next occurrence of specified character
g	Go	Prefix for various commands (e.g. `gg` goes to top)
h	Left	Move cursor one character to the left
i	Insert	Enter insert mode before the current character
j	Down	Move cursor one line down
k	Up	Move cursor one line up
l	Right	Move cursor one character to the right
m	Mark	Set a mark at current position
n	Next	Repeat last search
o	Open below	Open a new line below and enter insert mode
p	Put	Paste text after cursor (or below current line)
q	Record	Start or stop recording a macro
r	Replace	Replace the character under the cursor
s	Substitute	Delete character under cursor and enter insert mode
t	Till	Move cursor just before next occurrence of character
u	Undo	Undo the last change
v	Visual	Start visual mode
w	Word	Move cursor one word forward
x	Cut	Delete character under cursor
y	Yank	Copy text under cursor or specified region
z	Redraw	Redraw screen, prefix for various commands