Intro to Vim Tip #2 (deleting)

Deleting in vim can be done several ways- in insert mode, the delete key and backspace key perform as you’d expect them to, but what if you want more?

delete the character to the left of the cursor:

[esc]d[left arrow]

delete the character to the right of the cursor:

[esc]d[right arrow]

deleting the current line from insert mode:

[esc]dd

deleting the current line and the one below from insert mode:

[esc]d[downkey]

deleting the current line and the one above from insert mode:

[esc]d[upkey]

deleting current character and 4 to the right:

d5[rightkey]

deleting current line and 2 below:

d2[downkey]

You’ll notice from those last two examples that deleting characters to the left and right include the current character in the count, but deleting lines above and below do not. Weird.