Delete: d + motion — Vim

The most confusing pair in Vim, in one picture. de stops at the last letter of the word; dw runs on to where the next word starts — so it swallows the space and leaves the words jammed together.

Vim Delete: d + motion

beginner » Delete the stray character under the cursor.

goal

hello world

scratch.txt

1 helllo world

-- NORMAL -- 1,4

keys

your keystrokes appear here as you press them

NORMAL ~/learn/vim-motions · 1/9 · x real vim keys trail · always esc in-editor

Best on a keyboard

“Delete: d + motion” is a hands-on typing drill — it needs a physical keyboard. Open it on a laptop or desktop to play. You can still browse and read everything here on your phone.

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NORMAL ~/memra/learn/vim-motions/delete-operator utf-8 LF