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Questions about the history of Vi. DO NOT use this for command history.
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Why doesn't vimscript provide a random number generator?
EDIT Since 8.1.2342, Vim introduced a rand() function as described by @Maxim Kim's answer. I'll keep the question here for historical reference.
I recently needed to generate a random number in vim a …
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What is the select mode and when is it relevant to use it?
I accidentally pressed gh in normal mode and started a selection, so I looked up the doc and found :h Select-mode.
From what I understand the select mode is close to the visual mode excepted that:
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What is the use of the black hole register ("_)?
I recently read about the black hole register "_ which is a write-only register.
Vim documentation describes it this way:
Black hole register "_
When writing to this register, nothing …
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Why is the expression register "read only"?
I was messing with the expression register (:h @=) and noticed that it is not possible to put text directly in it. The doc says:
The expression register is read-only; you cannot put text into it.
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