Category: Tips and Tricks

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

Swap Ruby block styles with the Blockle plugin.

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.

Understand Vim registers in order to paste the same text multiple times.

Use :mks to save a file with your current Vim state

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