Colin Bartlett, Author at VimTricks

Get a pattern match count quickly with this one simple Vim trick.

Use tee or a handy plugin to save a privileged file that you forgot to open with sudo.

Easily run a Vim command again by viewing your history.

With a little help, Vim can highlight color codes in their actual colors.

Try this quick trick to make a new edit on something you just selected.

Edit faster by eliminating the need to do arithmetic in your head.

Whisk through tricky merge conflicts with Unimpaired’s bracket mappings.

Swap two characters in Vim either forward or backwards with this commonly used command. Perfect for cleaning up typos.

Quickly get back to a previous quickfix list with :colder.

More than 2 years ago, Andy and I started a tiny little website called VimTricks on a whim. It was a place to showcase tidbits… Read more

Colin Bartlett