Colin Bartlett

Vim enthusiast and software developer for more than 20 years.

Use Vim’s expression register to perform calculations.

Insert special characters in Vim by entering a two-letter digraph.

Use ex commands in Vim to copy lines around without moving.

Use this Vim mapping to add line highlights that persist when moving around.

Access man pages without leaving Vim

Use Vim’s netrw file tree to quickly create files and directories.

Use netrw’s gx mapping to open URLs from Vim. (Try this fix if yours is broken!)

Use list and listchars to display otherwise hidden characters.

Use gn to build up repeatable operations on searched patterns.

Use the /c flag to confirm each replacement when substituting.

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