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What is the easiest way to insert en dash in Vim?
Awarded Jul 31, 2022 at 18:12
how to change vim background color in hex code or rgb color code?
Awarded Jul 30, 2022 at 1:03
how to yank from vim to system clipboard? [duplicate]
Awarded Jul 28, 2022 at 20:32
Can I search for a Unicode combining character in Vim?
Awarded Jul 28, 2022 at 0:16
What is the difference of using `au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py` and `au Filetype python` in .vimrc?
Awarded Jul 17, 2022 at 5:50
How do I check the version of NeoVim in vimscript?
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 12:50
How to paste from an external source on VI/VIM [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 16, 2022 at 17:56
Multiline Search and Replace
Awarded Jun 16, 2022 at 9:51
Why do I get the "tag stack empty" error when using :ptag and other commands?
Awarded Jun 16, 2022 at 5:07
How to show search results for all open buffers
Awarded Jun 8, 2022 at 3:15
How do I run Homebrew vi on macOS instead of the older version Apple provided?
Awarded May 26, 2022 at 8:18
How to save color scheme in gVim between sessions?
Awarded May 9, 2022 at 14:02
Vimscript - Surround word under cursor with quotes
Awarded Apr 27, 2022 at 4:36
How to install stable version of neovim on Ubuntu 18.04
Awarded Apr 20, 2022 at 17:04
How can I use --servername and --remote in neovim?
Awarded Apr 10, 2022 at 8:06
How to select and copy lines to clipboard which are selected by mouse without linenumbers and gutter?
Awarded Apr 7, 2022 at 7:21
Toggle Vim background transparency: how to setup?
Awarded Apr 6, 2022 at 14:18
How to add permanent line numbers to a file?
Awarded Mar 25, 2022 at 10:26
Substitute with pure vimscript (without `:s`)
Awarded Mar 23, 2022 at 13:35
How do I make Vim adapt to the current indenting style of the file I'm editing?
Awarded Mar 20, 2022 at 20:26
How can I add line numbers to Vim?
Awarded Mar 8, 2022 at 20:27
How can I run javascript directly and show the output?
Awarded Feb 27, 2022 at 15:16
requires Vim compiled with Python (2.7.1+ or 3.4+) support
Awarded Feb 19, 2022 at 13:46
Slow vim escape from insert mode
Awarded Feb 17, 2022 at 8:50
Git Fugitive how to git add a visually selected chunk of code
Awarded Feb 12, 2022 at 4:40
How can I make vim download spell files?
Awarded Jan 28, 2022 at 13:25
When to use the after/ directory?
Awarded Jan 27, 2022 at 11:16
Scroll a quarter (25%) of the screen up or down
Awarded Jan 27, 2022 at 8:27
Access a file under subdirectories of a path through gf command
Awarded Jan 20, 2022 at 20:32
Creating a regex to match html attributes
Awarded Jan 19, 2022 at 13:58
How can I make highlighting commands in .vimrc take effect immediately with Vim 7.4?
Awarded Jan 10, 2022 at 13:42
Where is "~/.config/nvim/init.vim" on Windows? [duplicate]
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 2:36
What is the difference between j, CTRL-J, <NL> and CTRL-N in normal mode?
Awarded Dec 13, 2021 at 5:52
How to format xml or html's attributes into multiple lines instead of lining up on one line?
Awarded Nov 30, 2021 at 21:37
Substituting something with empty string? [closed]
Awarded Nov 23, 2021 at 0:45
how to use Netrw Directory Listing in VIM split window without exiting it when a file has been read
Awarded Nov 15, 2021 at 11:21
Can I do an interactive :substitute (search & replace)?
Awarded Nov 12, 2021 at 5:35
How to find out what a key is mapped to?
Awarded Nov 4, 2021 at 0:45
How to reload neovims init.vim without restarting neovim [duplicate]
Awarded Nov 3, 2021 at 9:36
How to execute a command on vim startup
Awarded Oct 29, 2021 at 17:43
What does <Shift-v><Shift-j> do in Vim
Awarded Oct 27, 2021 at 3:26
Is it possible and useful to split vimrc?
Awarded Oct 23, 2021 at 18:07
How to use Ctrl-P to interactively search file contents for all files in a project?
Awarded Oct 11, 2021 at 7:21
Renaming variables
Awarded Oct 2, 2021 at 18:05
Undo in insert mode
Awarded Sep 26, 2021 at 13:42
What is the purpose of `s`?
Awarded Sep 19, 2021 at 1:33
Using :Explore without closing current buffer
Awarded Sep 14, 2021 at 13:52
What does it mean to set clipboard=unnamed?
Awarded Aug 12, 2021 at 11:36
Faster way to move a block of text
Awarded Aug 10, 2021 at 20:35
How to get rid of the command line bar?
Awarded Jul 26, 2021 at 11:56
How can I fix "missing" syntax highlighting for Python keywords such as "self"?
Awarded Jul 19, 2021 at 22:01
How do I navigate to topics in Vim's documentation?
Awarded Jul 16, 2021 at 13:35
Display CR and LF rather than "EOL" in ':set list'
Awarded Jul 13, 2021 at 17:35
`E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ...` on startup
Awarded Jul 9, 2021 at 6:25
What are the differences between the map, noremap, abbrev and noreabbrev commands?
Awarded Jun 28, 2021 at 19:33
Search a string excluding the lines starting with another string
Awarded Jun 24, 2021 at 7:06
Substitute second occurence on line
Awarded Jun 15, 2021 at 16:06
How to comment a line in vim?
Awarded Jun 15, 2021 at 3:50
How to partially replace text in a selected text-block?
Awarded Jun 12, 2021 at 1:56
How can put .vimrc and viminfo into .vim directory?
Awarded Jun 6, 2021 at 13:00
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