gg goes to top of file. NNgg goes to line NN. NN means an integer OK? G goes to bottom of file dd deletes current line under cursor. NNdd deletes NN lines yy 'yanks' ie copies the current line and NNyy yanks NN lines. p pastes the current buffer at the end of the line the cursor is on. Both dd and yy fill the buffer. ^ goes to begining of line like REs. Literal ^ not control BTW $ goes to end of line like REs u undo, NNu undo last NN changes. Ctrl+r redo, NNCtrl+r redo last NN undo-s x deletes char under cursor. NNx deletes NN chars to RHS of cursor. r type r and the next char you type will replace the char under the cursor. handy for s/'/"/ and the like. J Joins the cursor line to the line below ie remove \n from cur line. Note j is nav J is join..... Note Backspace will more you backwards (ie navigates but no deletion in nav mode) but DEL deletes as normal (ie no navigation stuff disappears). GOK.