Commands
+Command mode can be activated by pressing :
. The built-in commands are:
Name | Description |
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:quit , :q | Close the current view. |
:quit! , :q! | Force close the current view, ignoring unsaved changes. |
:open , :o | Open a file from disk into the current view. |
:buffer-close , :bc , :bclose | Close the current buffer. |
:buffer-close! , :bc! , :bclose! | Close the current buffer forcefully, ignoring unsaved changes. |
:buffer-close-others , :bco , :bcloseother | Close all buffers but the currently focused one. |
:buffer-close-others! , :bco! , :bcloseother! | Force close all buffers but the currently focused one. |
:buffer-close-all , :bca , :bcloseall | Close all buffers without quitting. |
:buffer-close-all! , :bca! , :bcloseall! | Force close all buffers ignoring unsaved changes without quitting. |
:buffer-next , :bn , :bnext | Goto next buffer. |
:buffer-previous , :bp , :bprev | Goto previous buffer. |
:write , :w | Write changes to disk. Accepts an optional path (:write some/path.txt) |
:write! , :w! | Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories. Accepts an optional path (:write! some/path.txt) |
:write-buffer-close , :wbc | Write changes to disk and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close some/path.txt) |
:write-buffer-close! , :wbc! | Force write changes to disk creating necessary subdirectories and closes the buffer. Accepts an optional path (:write-buffer-close! some/path.txt) |
:new , :n | Create a new scratch buffer. |
:format , :fmt | Format the file using the LSP formatter. |
:indent-style | Set the indentation style for editing. ('t' for tabs or 1-8 for number of spaces.) |
:line-ending | Set the document's default line ending. Options: crlf, lf. |
:earlier , :ear | Jump back to an earlier point in edit history. Accepts a number of steps or a time span. |
:later , :lat | Jump to a later point in edit history. Accepts a number of steps or a time span. |
:write-quit , :wq , :x | Write changes to disk and close the current view. Accepts an optional path (:wq some/path.txt) |
:write-quit! , :wq! , :x! | Write changes to disk and close the current view forcefully. Accepts an optional path (:wq! some/path.txt) |
:write-all , :wa | Write changes from all buffers to disk. |
:write-all! , :wa! | Forcefully write changes from all buffers to disk creating necessary subdirectories. |
:write-quit-all , :wqa , :xa | Write changes from all buffers to disk and close all views. |
:write-quit-all! , :wqa! , :xa! | Write changes from all buffers to disk and close all views forcefully (ignoring unsaved changes). |
:quit-all , :qa | Close all views. |
:quit-all! , :qa! | Force close all views ignoring unsaved changes. |
:cquit , :cq | Quit with exit code (default 1). Accepts an optional integer exit code (:cq 2). |
:cquit! , :cq! | Force quit with exit code (default 1) ignoring unsaved changes. Accepts an optional integer exit code (:cq! 2). |
:theme | Change the editor theme (show current theme if no name specified). |
:yank-join | Yank joined selections. A separator can be provided as first argument. Default value is newline. |
:clipboard-yank | Yank main selection into system clipboard. |
:clipboard-yank-join | Yank joined selections into system clipboard. A separator can be provided as first argument. Default value is newline. |
:primary-clipboard-yank | Yank main selection into system primary clipboard. |
:primary-clipboard-yank-join | Yank joined selections into system primary clipboard. A separator can be provided as first argument. Default value is newline. |
:clipboard-paste-after | Paste system clipboard after selections. |
:clipboard-paste-before | Paste system clipboard before selections. |
:clipboard-paste-replace | Replace selections with content of system clipboard. |
:primary-clipboard-paste-after | Paste primary clipboard after selections. |
:primary-clipboard-paste-before | Paste primary clipboard before selections. |
:primary-clipboard-paste-replace | Replace selections with content of system primary clipboard. |
:show-clipboard-provider | Show clipboard provider name in status bar. |
:change-current-directory , :cd | Change the current working directory. |
:show-directory , :pwd | Show the current working directory. |
:encoding | Set encoding. Based on https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org . |
:character-info , :char | Get info about the character under the primary cursor. |
:reload , :rl | Discard changes and reload from the source file. |
:reload-all , :rla | Discard changes and reload all documents from the source files. |
:update , :u | Write changes only if the file has been modified. |
:lsp-workspace-command | Open workspace command picker |
:lsp-restart | Restarts the language servers used by the current doc |
:lsp-stop | Stops the language servers that are used by the current doc |
:tree-sitter-scopes | Display tree sitter scopes, primarily for theming and development. |
:tree-sitter-highlight-name | Display name of tree-sitter highlight scope under the cursor. |
:debug-start , :dbg | Start a debug session from a given template with given parameters. |
:debug-remote , :dbg-tcp | Connect to a debug adapter by TCP address and start a debugging session from a given template with given parameters. |
:debug-eval | Evaluate expression in current debug context. |
:vsplit , :vs | Open the file in a vertical split. |
:vsplit-new , :vnew | Open a scratch buffer in a vertical split. |
:hsplit , :hs , :sp | Open the file in a horizontal split. |
:hsplit-new , :hnew | Open a scratch buffer in a horizontal split. |
:tutor | Open the tutorial. |
:goto , :g | Goto line number. |
:set-language , :lang | Set the language of current buffer (show current language if no value specified). |
:set-option , :set | Set a config option at runtime. For example to disable smart case search, use :set search.smart-case false . |
:toggle-option , :toggle | Toggle a boolean config option at runtime. For example to toggle smart case search, use :toggle search.smart-case . |
:get-option , :get | Get the current value of a config option. |
:sort | Sort ranges in selection. |
:rsort | Sort ranges in selection in reverse order. |
:reflow | Hard-wrap the current selection of lines to a given width. |
:tree-sitter-subtree , :ts-subtree | Display tree sitter subtree under cursor, primarily for debugging queries. |
:config-reload | Refresh user config. |
:config-open | Open the user config.toml file. |
:config-open-workspace | Open the workspace config.toml file. |
:log-open | Open the helix log file. |
:insert-output | Run shell command, inserting output before each selection. |
:append-output | Run shell command, appending output after each selection. |
:pipe | Pipe each selection to the shell command. |
:pipe-to | Pipe each selection to the shell command, ignoring output. |
:run-shell-command , :sh | Run a shell command |
:reset-diff-change , :diffget , :diffg | Reset the diff change at the cursor position. |
:clear-register | Clear given register. If no argument is provided, clear all registers. |
:redraw | Clear and re-render the whole UI |