Colin Bartlett

Vim enthusiast and software developer for more than 20 years.

Resize splits, change tabs, select text, and more: with the mouse in Vim.

Use ga in Vim to show details about the character under the cursor.

Use Vim tabs to keep project notes quickly accessible.

Use Vim’s :norm command to operate on every line in a file.

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.

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