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Colin Bartlett

Colin Bartlett

Vim enthusiast and software developer for more than 20 years.
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July 11, 2022

Vim Checkbox Toggle 3.8 (75)

The Vim Checkbox plugin allows you to toggle checkboxes in Markdown written in Vim.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
June 12, 2022

Edit multiple lines at once in Vim 3.4 (289)

Use the vim-visual-multi plugin to edit multiple lines at once in Vim.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 23, 2022

Get the current file path 4.2 (171)

Create a mapping to copy the present file path to your clipboard.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 9, 2022

Closing hidden buffers 4.4 (48)

Delete all hidden buffers in Vim to speed up and clean up.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
March 7, 2022

Changing regex delimiters 3.9 (232)

Use any delimiter in your regular expression to avoid escaping slashes.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
January 3, 2022

Clear search highlight 4.3 (48)

Clear the annoying persistent search highlight in Vim with any of these methods.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
November 7, 2021

Open splits more naturally 4.8 (68)

Open Vim splits to the right and below for a more natural movement.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
September 6, 2021

Maximize the current split 4.7 (39)

Use the vim-maximizer plugin to get a closer look at a single split.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
August 16, 2021

Review Replacements in Vim 4.7 (69)

Use Vim’s global command to print substitutions when replacing.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
July 26, 2021

Reselect pasted text 4.8 (58)

Reselect the last pasted text with this Vim mapping.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett

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