Standard VIM shortcuts using ctrl

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Ven Tadipatri

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Jul 23, 2025, 2:59:44 PMJul 23
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Hi,
  I was wondering if there is a widely used set of VIM shortcuts that use the control key. I came across this site: Vim Cheat Sheet and I think it covers most of the ones I've used, plus a few extra.
  The context for this is that I'm used to certain shortcuts (like ctrl+v, ctrl+f, ctrl+b, etc) which worked fine in Intellij's VIM plugin on a Mac, but on Windows, it was conflicting with a lot of IDE shortcuts. 

Thanks,
Ven

Christian Brabandt

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Jul 23, 2025, 3:33:50 PMJul 23
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Vim (or more precisely Vi) commands predates the typical DOS/Windows
shortcuts (sometimes also called CUE
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access)

It is generally recommended to try to learn the Vim shortcuts, as those
are more powerful and work in different modes, so for the true Vim
experience, I'd strongly recommend to try to use those.

Having said that, Vim comes with the mswin.vim runtime file, which
enables some of those shortcuts. Read about it here :h mswin.vim
or just source it :so $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim

Thanks,
Christian
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