Vim Scoops, Learn Vim Motions the Fun Way

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Learn vim motions with an ice-cream van.

The van is your cursor and the town is your text. Learn Vim motions the tasty way.

Play the full game<br>Try the demo ↓

Try it: one quick level

Drive the van onto the customer with h j k l.

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How to play

Learn the basics, then you're going.

Pick a route

Each level on the town map teaches a small set of motions, shown as badges with what they do.

Drive the van

Press keys to move, with no mouse or arrow keys. The panel echoes every key you press so you can see your motions.

Serve under par

Reach every customer. Match the keystroke par to clear it; beat it to earn a Wizard rank.

New to vim? Read this first

Vim edits text with the keyboard alone. Instead of clicking or holding an arrow key, you press single keys that move the cursor<br>precisely, such as one word forward or to the end of a line. Those keys are called motions , and they are what<br>make experienced vim users fast. This game teaches them one at a time.

You're always in Normal mode here, so every key is a command. Put a number in front to repeat (3j moves down three), and if a key seems to do nothing it's usually waiting for a second key, like f then<br>the letter to jump to. The panel tells you when it's waiting.

Motion & command reference

Every motion the game teaches. Each level only shows the few it needs.

Moving

h j k l<br>Move left, down, up, right

0 ^ $<br>Line start, first shop, line end

w / b / e<br>Hop forward / back / to block end

W B E<br>Same, but over punctuation too

gg / G<br>Jump to the top / bottom row

fx / Fx<br>Fly right / left onto letter x

tx / Tx<br>Pull up before / after letter x

; / ,<br>Repeat the last f/t hop, fwd / back

3j<br>A count before a key repeats it

Editing

Delete the character under the cursor

rc<br>Replace that character with c

dd / yy<br>Cut / copy the whole line

dw de d$<br>Delete to a motion (pair d with a move)

p / P<br>Paste after / before the cursor

xp<br>Swap two neighbours

di" di(<br>Delete inside quotes/brackets (da includes them)

Repeat your last change

u / Ctrl+r<br>Undo / redo

Insert mode

i / a<br>Type before / after the cursor

I / A<br>Type at the line start / end

o / O<br>Open a line below / above

cc / C<br>Change the line / to end of line

Delete a char and start typing

ciw ci"<br>Change a word or the text inside quotes

Esc<br>Back to normal mode

Visual mode

Highlight a range as you move

Highlight whole lines

Ctrl+v<br>Highlight a column (block)

d / y / c<br>Delete / copy / change the highlight

rc<br>Replace every highlighted char with c

Jump to the other end

Search

/textEnter<br>Search and jump to the next match

n / N<br>Next / previous match

Search the word under the cursor

Registers & macros

"ayy<br>Copy the line into bin a (any a-z)

"ap<br>Paste from bin a

qa … q<br>Record keys into bin a, then stop

@a<br>Replay bin a (count works: 3@a)

@@<br>Replay the last routine

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