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This is basically just a collection of various commands I discovered while learning to use Doom Emacs. All Sources will be listed at the bottom of this page.

Also. This side does not provide a lot of explanation regarding the function of the commands. It is just intended as a cheat sheet. Updates/ Changes will be added to this post.

Navigation

Workspaces

• switch between workspaces: 'SPC TAB .'
• load workspace: 'SPC TAB l'
• create new workspace: 'SPC TAB n'
• rename workspace: 'SPC TAB r'
• save workspace: 'SPC TAB s'
• select project for workspace: 'SPC p p'

File Switching inside Workspaces

• switch to file within current project: 'SPC SPC'
  • 'SPC .' provides the save functionality but can also search outside the current project
• switch to buffer within current project: 'SPC ,'
• switch to a buffer outside the current project: 'SPC b B'
• load recently viewed file: 'SPC fr'

Finding Text

• search all files in the current project: 'SPC sp'
• search inside the current buffer: '/' (normal Vim navigation)

Moving to Text

• jump to line (faster then relative line numbers): 'gsj'
• 's' and two chars to jump to the nearest match
  • 'S' to jump backwards
  • ',' or ';' to cycle through the matches (forwards/ backwards)

NOTE: this navigation can be combined with (almost) all of the standard Vim commands (e.g. 'vs\<chars\>' visualizes all the text to the nearest match for \<chars\>)

Source Code

• go to definition: 'gd'
• list references: 'gD'

Fancy Delete

NOTE: all these commands should also work for 'change' ('c')

• delete inside the same indent (e.g. function of if statement): 'dii'
• delete inside the same indent + line above (e.g. complete if statement in python): 'dik'
• delete inside the same indent + line above and below (e.g. complete if statement in java): 'dij'

Compilation Errors

• next and previous flycheck error: '\]e' and '\[e'
• list current errors: 'SPC c x'

Miscellaneous

• compile: 'SPC p c'
• open Magit: 'SPC gg'
• comment/ uncomment a line: 'gcc'

Sources

• https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/
• https://noelwelsh.com/posts/doom-emacs/
• https://medium.com/@aria_39488/the-niceties-of-evil-in-doom-emacs-cabb46a9446b