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Colin Bartlett

Colin Bartlett

Vim enthusiast and software developer for more than 20 years.
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May 28, 2020

Reselect last visual selection 3.2 (1297)

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

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 25, 2020

Relative line numbering 3.3 (291)

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

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 14, 2020

Jump to next merge conflict 3.5 (200)

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

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 7, 2020

Swap two characters 3.3 (341)

Easily clean up typos by swapping two misplaced characters.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
April 30, 2020

Navigate through quickfix history 3.2 (195)

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

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Colin Bartlett
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April 24, 2020

VimTricks: The Vim Newsletter 0 (0)

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

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Colin Bartlett
April 23, 2020

Case-preserving find and replace 3.8 (299)

Use Abolish to preserve the original case during substitution.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
April 16, 2020

Navigate Git branches with Vim-Flog 4.1 (415)

Flog + Fugitive provides powerful Git branch navigation.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
April 13, 2020

Add a line above or below 2 (415)

Quickly add empty lines above and below with Unimpaired.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
April 10, 2020

Scroll two splits simultaneously 3.4 (212)

Keep two Vim vertical splits in sync with this trick

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Colin Bartlett

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