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How to map two commands with only one key
Awarded Jun 2, 2021 at 11:09
See the Unicode code point of the current character
Awarded Jun 2, 2021 at 4:27
Deleting a range of n lines before and after a matched line?
Awarded May 26, 2021 at 17:02
Why is Vim for Debian compiled without clipboard?
Awarded May 18, 2021 at 8:57
How can I show tabs as spaces instead of ^I or CTRL-I?
Awarded May 14, 2021 at 12:38
How do I insert a comment into my vimrc fie?
Awarded May 14, 2021 at 1:57
Setting a vim option from the command line?
Awarded May 11, 2021 at 16:11
opening another file with path relative to current directory
Awarded May 10, 2021 at 6:02
Don't add new line at the end of a file
Awarded Apr 28, 2021 at 21:55
What's the difference between let and set?
Awarded Apr 25, 2021 at 9:07
How can I get Vim to ignore all user configuration, as if it were freshly installed?
Awarded Apr 21, 2021 at 5:55
How do I run a specific vim command when opening a file with a given extension?
Awarded Apr 19, 2021 at 14:58
Settings and plugins when root (`sudo vim`)?
Awarded Apr 15, 2021 at 5:34
Is there any way to change the popup menu color?
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 7:26
Extract the result of a shell command to a variable in a .vimrc file?
Awarded Apr 7, 2021 at 5:44
How can I add additional syntax highlighting rules in my local vimrc?
Awarded Mar 28, 2021 at 17:17
How can I stop vim automatically inserting a tab in CSS files?
Awarded Mar 18, 2021 at 10:34
How to regex everything that is enclosed between two certain strings in visual selection
Awarded Mar 16, 2021 at 14:34
How to edit files non-interactively (e.g. in pipeline)?
Awarded Mar 11, 2021 at 1:55
How could I create a terminal at the bottom
Awarded Mar 3, 2021 at 23:25
How do I prevent vim from hiding symbols in markdown and json?
Awarded Mar 1, 2021 at 15:16
Quickly calculate the total of a column of numbers
Awarded Mar 1, 2021 at 0:35
Scroll the screen, not the cursor, when using scrollwheel
Awarded Feb 26, 2021 at 9:25
File Type dependent key mapping
Awarded Feb 20, 2021 at 6:41
How to replace only within visual selection?
Awarded Feb 16, 2021 at 9:34
What options are there to enter insert mode?
Awarded Feb 12, 2021 at 19:51
Multiple cursors at desired location
Awarded Feb 7, 2021 at 21:09
How do I save a file in a directory that does not yet exist?
Awarded Feb 6, 2021 at 17:56
How to reverse the order of lines?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 20:34
Does "set" command affect only the active buffer?
Awarded Feb 4, 2021 at 23:40
What is a scratch window?
Awarded Feb 4, 2021 at 8:55
search for lines which contain a pattern but do not contain a second pattern
Awarded Jan 29, 2021 at 15:27
Insert an incrementing number to each line in either a selection or a match
Awarded Jan 29, 2021 at 9:57
How do I center the current line in the screen?
Awarded Jan 28, 2021 at 20:57
How to toggle comments with ctrl+/? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 27, 2021 at 21:37
How can I use the undofile?
Awarded Jan 26, 2021 at 13:07
Regex to match spaces that are NOT at the beginning of a line?
Awarded Jan 23, 2021 at 2:33
Easiest way to switch git branches
Awarded Jan 22, 2021 at 18:16
How to search for any repeating character, X number of times
Awarded Jan 22, 2021 at 1:05
ignoring spaces in search like ignoring cases
Awarded Jan 20, 2021 at 17:35
How to replace bracket in vim?
Awarded Jan 19, 2021 at 20:56
Jumping to a byte offset, and displaying position as byte offset
Awarded Jan 12, 2021 at 7:31
Is it possible to pipe vim commands to vim?
Awarded Jan 7, 2021 at 4:40
How to go to function or class definition in current file
Awarded Dec 31, 2020 at 23:16
How do I close Vim externally?
Awarded Dec 21, 2020 at 3:35
Can I join lines with a comma (or another character)?
Awarded Dec 20, 2020 at 23:50
How to switch between buffer and terminal
Awarded Dec 18, 2020 at 12:40
How to find what slows down Vim? [duplicate]
Awarded Dec 12, 2020 at 17:40
Dump the output of internal vim command into buffer
Awarded Dec 9, 2020 at 19:27
How do I copy a file in netrw?
Awarded Dec 2, 2020 at 9:27
Go to column number?
Awarded Dec 1, 2020 at 16:12
How to fold text in a JSON file?
Awarded Nov 26, 2020 at 12:27
What does "filetype plugin on" really do?
Awarded Nov 11, 2020 at 10:12
Replacing last comma on each line
Awarded Nov 4, 2020 at 1:46
Replace a pattern with current line number
Awarded Nov 3, 2020 at 10:28
Where do I put my "vimrc" file for Neovim on Windows?
Awarded Oct 30, 2020 at 16:06
What does z stand for in vim?
Awarded Oct 30, 2020 at 2:42
How to "full screen" browse Vim help?
Awarded Oct 26, 2020 at 22:31
How to build vim from sources with GUI support?
Awarded Oct 24, 2020 at 22:55
How do I get Vim to compile my .tex file when executing :w?
Awarded Sep 30, 2020 at 22:27
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