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Like VI or VIM? So do I! Use it more effectively with daily tips. Catch them all at http://t.co/ty7XLqgePG. vimtweets.com Indiana Joined August 2008
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vimtips @vimtips

9 years ago

gq{movement} to wrap text, or just gq while in visual mode. gqap will format the current paragraph. is.gd/7Onk

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9 years ago

g< CTRL-G > to see technical information about the file, such as how many words are in it, or how many bytes it is. is.gd/9cYj

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9 years ago

:%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g will uppercase the first letter of each sentence (except the very first one). is.gd/4xZW

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9 years ago

:g/_pattern_/s/^/#/g will comment out lines containing _pattern_ (if '#' is your comment character/sequence) (via @vrybas_)

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9 years ago

:vimgrep /stext/ **/*.txt | :copen searches for stext recursively in *.txt files and show results in separate window (via @danechkin)

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9 years ago

%s/^ \ n/ / to delete all empty lines (remove spaces from command!) (via @marekkubis)

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9 years ago

ggVG= will auto-format the entire document

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9 years ago

In gvim, change the cursor depending on what mode you are in (normal, insert, etc): is.gd/9dq0

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9 years ago

To search for a URL without backslashing, search backwards! Example: ?somestuff.com is.gd/4xZW

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9 years ago

CTRL-w | and CTRL-W _ maximize your current split vertically and horizontally, respectively. CTRL-W = equalizes 'em.

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9 years ago

Basic commands 'f' and 't' (like first and 'til) are very powerful. See :help t or :help f. is.gd/cCHy

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9 years ago

:tabo will close all open tabs except the active one.

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9 years ago

/\%>80v.\+ with search highlighting (:set hlsearch) will highlight any text after column 80. is.gd/8ekT

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9 years ago

/< CTRL-r >< CTRL-w > will pull the word under the cursor into search. is.gd/7Onk

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9 years ago

"+y to copy to the X11 (or Windows) clipboard. "+p to paste from it. is.gd/9dkI

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9 years ago

ga will display the ASCII, hex, and octal value of the character under the cursor. is.gd/4xZW

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9 years ago

[I (that's bracket-open, capital-i) shows lines containing the word under the cursor (via @nvie)

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9 years ago

% matches brackets {} [] (), and with matchit.vim, also matches def/end, < ?php/?>, < p>/< /p>, etc. is.gd/N4W

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9 years ago

:40,50m30 will move lines 40 through 50 to line 30. Most visual mode commands can be used w/ line numbers. is.gd/cCHy

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9 years ago

In your ~/.vimrc, `set clipboard=unnamed`. Now all operations work with the OS clipboard. No need for "+, "* (via @panozzaj)

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