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jamessan

Member for 8 years, 3 months
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Holliston, MA, United States

93 Answers

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Does Ex mode have any practical use?

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 20:30

124 votes

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What is the purpose of swap files?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 21:37

64 votes

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How do I center the current line in the screen?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 17:36

39 votes

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Is it possible to make Vim auto-save files?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 18:07

34 votes

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What does z stand for in vim?

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 0:16

25 votes

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How do I visually select the block of text I just pasted in Vim?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 17:30

23 votes

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Why did p paste a copied line after the current line, instead of after the current word?

answered Mar 20, 2016 at 4:09

19 votes

Re-indenting badly indented code

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 3:56

18 votes

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Cut vim load time

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 22:04

18 votes

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How to tell Vim not to try to unzip a file?

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 21:36

17 votes

How do I get Vim to be able to run both python and python3 on a Linux system in the same session?

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 22:30

16 votes

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How can I prevent Vim from leaving too many files (like swap, backup, undo)?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 17:56

16 votes

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When should I use vim-addon-manager instead of a regular package manager?

answered Apr 8, 2016 at 14:11

16 votes

How do I keep accidentally creating a no break space before opening curly brace?

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 19:32

15 votes

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Is there any way to distinguish between neovim and regular vim?

answered Aug 3, 2016 at 14:04

15 votes

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What is the rationale for \r and \n meaning different things in s command?

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 15:23

14 votes

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How to install pathogen on Neovim?

answered Feb 1, 2018 at 14:11

13 votes

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Filetype that LaTeX should be

answered Mar 20, 2015 at 18:36

13 votes

Can Vim add to the X11 clipboard or primary buffers without an external utility?

answered Jun 30, 2015 at 14:46

12 votes

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Do VimScript functions have to start with a capital letter and if so, why?

answered Mar 20, 2015 at 17:33

11 votes

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Neovim setup on MS Windows

answered Jun 9, 2017 at 14:52

11 votes

How can I open a buffer in a new tab leaving the current window and buffer intact?

answered Mar 3, 2016 at 1:01

10 votes

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Move to non-existing Nth column

answered May 18, 2016 at 12:59

10 votes

Why can ci" be outside of quoted area and ci( only works inside parentheses?

answered Feb 3, 2015 at 17:24

10 votes

What is the easiest way to insert en dash in Vim?

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 14:39

9 votes

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What is an exhaustive list of "all the things" in vim?

answered Apr 23, 2015 at 14:12

9 votes

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Prevent 'Press ENTER' when pathogen loads but keep for other scripts

answered Mar 11, 2015 at 18:24

9 votes

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Are the internal g:, b:, w:, etc dictionaries documented?

answered Jul 8, 2017 at 17:27

9 votes

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Prevent colorscheme from changing background color

answered Dec 9, 2018 at 16:32

8 votes

How to change Vim's :hardcopy printfont?

answered Mar 17, 2016 at 20:15

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