Category: Tips and Tricks

Autocomplete filenames in Vim with ctrl-x ctrl-f.

Vim’s nrformats option controls which types of numbers can be incremented and decremented.

Use Vim’s shiftround option to ensure evenly aligned indentation.

Align your code, notes, or text with the Tabular plugin.

Wrap long lines and improve navigation when writing prose or notes.

Use -o or -O to open multiple files in splits from the command line.

Use ctrl-w f to open the file under the cursor in a new split.

Normal mode replacement

Use :only or ctrl-w o to close all other splits in Vim.

Use insert completion mode to autocomplete a multi-word phrase.

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