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Andy Libby

Andy Libby

Rider of bicycles. Writer of code. User of Vim.
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April 25, 2022

Making small changes 4.3 (64)

Use r to replace a single character in Vim.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
January 31, 2022

Splitting to a specific size 4.6 (31)

Open Vim splits to a specific height or width by prepending a number to the command.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
November 29, 2021

Toggle Vim boolean options 4.7 (31)

Vim allows toggling any boolean option with this one quick trick.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
October 25, 2021

Filtering through an external command 4.6 (29)

Filter content through an external command to manipulate it with other programs.

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Andy Libby
April 5, 2021

Improving usage of registers 4.8 (48)

Use the Peekaboo plugin help recall what’s in each register.

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Andy Libby
March 4, 2021

Swap Ruby block styles 4.2 (20)

Swap Ruby block styles with the Blockle plugin.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
January 21, 2021

Per file type configs 4.4 (57)

Use Vim’s filetype plugins to enable per file type configuration in Vim.

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Andy Libby
January 14, 2021

Incrementing non-decimal numbers 4.5 (53)

Vim’s nrformats option controls which types of numbers can be incremented and decremented.

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Andy Libby
December 24, 2020

Normal mode replacement 3.8 (45)

Normal mode replacement

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Andy Libby
December 21, 2020

Close all other splits 4.3 (81)

Use :only or ctrl-w o to close all other splits in Vim.

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Andy Libby

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