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Tag: vimrc

October 17, 2022

Open URL in Vim 4.7 (43)

You can open a URL in Vim directly from the command line. This quick trick will save you time when viewing HTML source or content from APIs.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 23, 2022

Get the current file path 4.2 (61)

Create a mapping to copy the present file path to your clipboard.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
May 9, 2022

Closing hidden buffers 4.4 (45)

Delete all hidden buffers in Vim to speed up and clean up.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
June 21, 2021

Bookmark frequent locations 4.7 (37)

Use marks to quickly jump back to frequently edited files, like your .vimrc.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
April 8, 2021

What is set hidden? 4.7 (42)

Use set hidden to allow unsaved buffers to be hidden in Vim.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
March 8, 2021

Highlight specific lines 4.5 (53)

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

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
January 21, 2021

Per file type configs 4.4 (60)

Use Vim’s filetype plugins to enable per file type configuration in Vim.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
December 10, 2020

Local .vimrc files 4.2 (86)

Securely setup project-specific Vim configurations.

Andy Libby
Andy Libby
November 2, 2020

Vim Search Ignore Case 3.7 (185)

Ignore case in Vim search with a combination of the ignorecase and smartcase options in your config.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
October 8, 2020

Moving Lines 3.7 (148)

Swiftly move lines in Vim with these handy mappings.

Colin Bartlett
Colin Bartlett
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