Basic editing shortcuts that streamline everyday editing tasks like copying, pasting, and deleting text

Alt+W

Copy

Copies the selected text.

💡 Hint: Write to kill ring

🎯 Quickly copy selected text for reuse

Ctrl+W

Cut

Cuts the selected text.

💡 Hint: Wipe

🎯 Cut unnecessary parts to organize text

Ctrl+Y

Paste (yank)

Pastes the copied or cut text.

💡 Hint: Yank

🎯 Paste copied text at target position

Ctrl+/

Undo

Undoes the last operation.

💡 Hint: / slash through

🎯 Instantly fix mistakes to edit with confidence

Ctrl+G → Ctrl+/

Redo

Redoes the undone operation.

💡 Hint: Go + / = redo

🎯 Restore undone operations to return to proper editing state

Ctrl+D

Delete character

Deletes the character at cursor.

💡 Hint: Delete

🎯 Quickly delete character at cursor to fix typos

Ctrl+K

Kill to end of line

Cuts from cursor to end of line.

💡 Hint: Kill

🎯 Delete to end of line to efficiently organize text

Ctrl+Space

Set mark

Sets the beginning of a text selection. Move cursor to select text.

💡 Hint: Space to mark

🎯 Set selection start point to perform range selection

Ctrl+X → H

Select all

Selects all text in the buffer.

💡 Hint: Execute + Whole

🎯 Select entire file to perform batch operations

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