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Stop editing at 10% of Vim's power. Master registers, :norm, fuzzy completion, linematch diff, and 16 more Vim tips and tricks. Tested on latest Vim 9.2.

Full guide here: https://ostechnix.com/vim-tricks/

#Vim #Vimtips #Vimtricks #Editor #Opensource #Linux

#VimTips I had to look for again to remove duplicate lines in my visual selection :

:sort u

The `u` makes it [u]nique 😉 It helped me…

#Vim #NeoVim

How To Display Undo And Redo Timestamps In Vim Status Bar Using vim-airline #vim #texteditor #vimtips #vimairline #linux #opensource
https://ostechnix.com/display-undo-redo-timestamps-vim-airline/

Oh, look! Another ✨exciting✨ #Neovim #cheatsheet for all two people still using #Vim. Because clearly, the biggest problem with Vim is *remembering the keys*, not *escaping the editor*. 🔑💥👨‍💻
https://nvim-cheatsheet.vercel.app/ #Developer #Community #VimTips #HackerNews #ngated

TIL about `<C-a>` and `<C-x>` in #vim for adding or subtracting.
(`:h ctrl-a` , `:h ctrl-x` )

Ctrl-a will add [count] to a number or alphabetic character at or after the cursor.
And Ctrl-x will do subtraction in the same way.

For example let's say I need to increment this 1 to be a 2.

```
replicas: 1
```

Normally I would type `f1` followed by `r2`
Or maybe even just `A` <backspace> `2`

But we can do better.

In this particular scenario I need only be on that line and do `<C-a>`
Since `<C-a>` will look ahead to find a digit on the current line and act upon it. Which means we can do this from the start of the line and it will turn into:

```
replicas: 2
```

And if I want to change it back to `1` I can use `<C-x>`

These two commands will even take a `[count]`. This means that if the current value is `replicas: 1` we can do `10<C-a>` and it will now say `replicas: 11`

#vim #vimtips #VimTip #TIL #vi

This fixes all my complaints wrt text search and a highlighting

set nohlsearch
set incsearch

#vimtips #vim #neovim

Nice. You can specify how large a new window in #vim by adding numbers beforehand.

So ctrl+w and 20v

or

:vertical 20 new

#VimTips

How To Use Spell Check Feature In Vim Text Editor #Vim #Texteditor #Spellcheck #Vimtips #Linuxtips #Linux
https://ostechnix.com/use-spell-check-feature-vim-text-editor/

Copy to system clipboard from #vim guide:

1. In your ~/.vimrc set
set clipboard=unnamed

2. Open a file and yank whatever you want, in this example we yank lines 4 and 5 to system clipboard; in command mode, type 4,5y *
set ts=2
set sts=2
set sw=2
filetype off
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
set expandtab

3. Profit
Paste anywhere you want
filetype off
filetype plugin indent on

#vimTricks #vimTips

How To Use Spell Check Feature In Vim Text Editor #Vim #VimEditor #Vimtips #Linux #SpellCheck #Linuxhowto #CLI #Commandline
https://ostechnix.com/use-spell-check-feature-vim-text-editor/

How To Password Protect Text Files Using Vim Editor In Linux #Vim #VimTips #Password #Vimeditor #Linux
https://ostechnix.com/how-to-password-protect-text-files-using-vim-editor-in-linux/

How To Comment Out Multiple Lines At Once In Vim Editor #Vim #VimEditor #VimTips #Linux
https://ostechnix.com/comment-multiple-lines-vim-editor/

How To Use Vim Editor To Input Text Anywhere In Linux #Vim #Vimtips #VimAnywhere #Linux #Linuxtips
https://ostechnix.com/how-to-use-vim-editor-to-input-text-anywhere/

How To Edit Multiple Files Using Vim Editor #Vim #Linux #Vimtips
https://ostechnix.com/how-to-edit-multiple-files-using-vim-editor/

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users.
#vimtips

https://thevaluable.dev/vim-advanced/

@robby @vimtips @garritfra we can all be our source for #vimtips

And when you need the full completion madness in the command line, for example when you're editing complex Regular Expression statements, simply type `q:` from normal mode and you get the full Vim editing power in an editable command history window.
Simply type your command line statement (or select an older one) and press <CR> to execute the command line under the cursor. See :help q:

#Vim #Vi #Editor #Programming #VimTips #VimTricks

#Vim hint of the week (because I'm searching this regulary again):
You can insert the word under the cursor while in command mode with:
<CTRL-R><CTRL-W>
This comes in handy when you want to [s]ubstitute a word, without having it to retype again.

:%s/<CTRL-R><CTRL-W>/newWord/g

#Vim #Vi #Editor #Programming #VimTips #VimTricks

How To Comment Out Multiple Lines At Once In Vim Editor #Vim #VimTips #Editor #Linux

https://ostechnix.com/comment-multiple-lines-vim-editor/

Vim Tips – Read And Write Remote Files With Vim On Linux #Vim #VimTips #Linux #scp #SecureCopy #ssh #secureshell
https://www.ostechnix.com/vim-tips-read-and-write-remote-files-with-vim-on-linux/

Vim Tips - Edit Remote Files With Vim On Linux #vim #vimtips #ssh #scp #linux #cli
https://www.ostechnix.com/vim-tips-edit-remote-files-with-vim-on-linux/

@rixx for really good #VimTips I'd recommend the book "practical vim". It is not just full of great Tips, but also explains why some things work differently in (neo)vim

#VimTips got a healthy subconscious Ctrl+S reflex from other editor's? Use :up in vim for you for your file saving reflex. The :update command saves your file only if there are changes. Meaning: you can spam this command without causing unnecessary writes.