Cream :: a modern configuration of the Vim text editor

Cream : : a modern configuration of the Vim text editor

features

## Keyboard Shortcuts

Cream keyboard shortcuts provide quick access to many of the important feature list items also available from menus. See the `KEYBOARD.txt` file for a card you can place over your keyboard's function keys for quick help.

Menus
Alt+(underlined menu char) | (open menu)
(arrow keys) | Move menu selection
Basic File Operations
Ctrl+O | File Open
Ctrl+S | Save File (update only)
Ctrl+N | New File
Ctrl+F4 | Close File
Alt+F4 | Exit
Basic Moving
(arrow keys) | Move cursor around the screen by character
Home / End | Move cursor to the beginning / end of a line (Home goes to screen line beginning, then toggles between real line beginning and first character)
PageUp / PageDown | Scroll screen contents upwards / downward by page
Ctrl+ArrowUp / ArrowDown | Scroll screen upwards / downwards by line
Ctrl+PageUp / PageDown | Move cursor to screen top / bottom without scrolling
Ctrl+Alt+PageUp / PageDown | Move cursor to screen middle without scrolling
Ctrl+Home / End | Move to the top / bottom of the document
Basic Selection
Shift+ArrowLeft / Right | Select text, by character
Shift+ArrowUp / Down | Select text, by line up / down
Shift+Home / End | Select text, to beginning / end of line
Shift+PageUp / PageDown | Select text, to top / bottom of screen
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft / Right | Select text, by word left / right
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp / Down | Move to top / bottom of selection
Ctrl+Shift+Home / End | Select text, to beginning / end of document
Ctrl+A | Select text, all
Shift+LeftMouse | Select text, from cursor to click position
Basic Editing
Backspace | Delete character behind cursor
Shift+Backspace | Delete word behind cursor
Ctrl+Backspace | Delete word behind cursor
Ctrl+Z | Undo
Ctrl+Y | Redo
Ctrl+X (selection) | Cut
Ctrl+C (selection) | Copy
Ctrl+V (selection) | Paste
Ctrl+F | Find (dialog)
Ctrl+H | Find/Replace (dialog)
Ctrl+G | Go to line number or % of file (dialog) (Unix may also need Shift)
Ctrl+W | Word Wrap (toggle)
Ctrl+E | Auto Wrap (toggle)
Ctrl+Q | Quick Wrap existing un-wrapped paragraph (select for multiple paragraphs)
Ctrl+Q (x2) | Quick Wrap (as above) except multiple spaces are also reduced to one. (Good for reformating and re-justifying at the same time.)
Alt+Q (x2) | Quick Un-Wrap existing wrapped paragraph (select for multiple paragraphs)
Tab (selection) | Indent text
Shift+Tab (selection) | Un-indent text
Window/File Navigation
Ctrl+Tab | Window Next (multiple) / File Next Open (single)
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Window Previous (multiple) / File Previous Open (single)
Advanced Functions
F1 | Help
Ctrl+F1 | Help, specific topic
Alt+F1 | Help, list related topics
Alt+F2 | Bookmark, set (toggle on/off)
F2 | Bookmark, next
Shift+F2 | Bookmark, previous
Alt+Shift+F2 | Bookmark, clear all
F3 | Find next word under cursor
Shift+F3 | Find previous word under cursor
Alt+F3 | Find next word under cursor, case sensitive
Alt+Shift+F3 | Find previous word under cursor, case sensitive
F4 | Show "invisible" characters
Shift+F4, character | Insert character line (length of Wrap Width)
Shift+F4 (x2), character | Insert character line (length of line above)
Ctrl+F4 | Close File
Alt+F4 | Exit Program
F5 | Capitalize, Title Case (current word or selection)
Shift+F5 | Capitalize, UPPERCASE (current word or selection)
Alt+F5 | Capitalize, lowercase (current word or selection)
Ctrl+F5 | Capitalize, rEVERSE cASE (current word or selection)
F6 | Comment (current line or selection)
Shift+F6 | Uncomment (current line or sselection)
F7 | Spell check, next error
Shift+F7 | Spell check, previous error
Alt+F7 | Spell check, show errors (toggle)
Ctrl+F7 | Spell check, add word under cursor to user dictionary
F8 | Macro Play
Shift+F8 | Macro Record
F9 | Folds, open/close (toggle)
F9 (with text selected) | Folds, set
Ctrl+F9 | Folds, open all
Ctrl+Shift+F9 | Folds, close all
Alt+F9 | Folds, clear at cursor
Alt+Shift+F9 | Folds, clear all
F10 | (un-mapped, reserved)
F11 | Date/Time insert (opens menu)
F11 (x2) | Date/Time insert (last format used)
Ctrl+F11 | Calendar (toggle)
F12 and combinations | (reserved for user-defined Add-on mappings)
Insert Character By Values
Alt+, {number} | Insert character by decimal value
Ctrl+K {two characters} | Insert character by digraph (See Insert menu for listing)
Column Mode
Alt+Shift+{motion key} | Column mode
Alt+Shift+LeftMouse | Column mode, select from cursor position to click position
Esc, {motion}, or Left Mouse click | Exits column mode
Completion
Ctrl+Space | Word completion, Search backward
Ctrl+Shift+Space | Word completion, Search forward
Ctrl+Enter | Omni completion (list forward)
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Omni completion (list backward)
Esc+Space | Template completion (see Tools menu for listing)
Terminal Menus
F12 (Terminal only) | Console menu (Esc twice to exit)
Information
Alt+. | Values of character under cursor
Alt+( | Information/prototype pop up menu
Tag Navigation (requires a working installation of exuberant ctags)
Alt+ArrowDown | Go to tag under cursor
Alt+ArrowUp | Close reference and return
Alt+ArrowLeft/ArrowRight | Navigate backwards and forward between visited tags
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowDown | Toggles Taglist for current file
File/Link Navigation in Text
Shift+Enter | Open a file matching selection or text under cursor Open a URL matching selection or text under cursor in browser
Vim's Normal Mode
Ctrl+L | Vim's "Normal mode" (Esc to exit)
Ctrl+B | Vim's "Normal mode", single command (Esc to exit)
Ctrl+\,Ctrl+N | Vim's "Normal mode", alternate (Esc to exit)