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Vim's gd and gD commands jump to the declaration of the identifier under the cursor by searching upward through the file — no ctags setup required.
:let @q = substitute(@q, 'old', 'new', '')
Vim macros are stored as plain text in named registers, which means you can inspect and modify them directly using :let and :echo.
:set jumpoptions+=view
By default, when you navigate the jump list with (older) or (newer), Neovim restores the cursor's line and column but does NOT restore where the window was scro
:set winfixbuf
Neovim's winfixbuf option (added in Neovim 0.
:set winblend=20
Neovim's winblend option controls the pseudo-transparency of floating windows.
:Man {name}
Neovim ships with a built-in :Man command (the man.
command-line #neovim #navigation #documentation #command-line
:compiler
Vim ships with built-in compiler plugins for many languages and tools — including gcc, python, cargo, eslint, tsc, and more.
command-line #ex-commands #config #buffers-windows #command-line
:next
When Vim is opened with multiple files (e.
command-line #buffers-windows #ex-commands #navigation #editing
:keepmarks
When Vim executes commands that move or reorder lines — such as :sort, :%!sort, or :s/// across ranges — it automatically adjusts named marks to follow the
<C-u> (command line)
When you are typing a long Ex command on the : prompt and realise you've made a mistake, pressing erases everything from the cursor back to the beginning of the
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #editing #insert-mode
:set updatetime=300
Vim's updatetime option controls two things: how quickly the swap file is written after you stop typing, and how many milliseconds of inactivity before the Curs
d2iw
Text objects in Vim accept a count, letting you operate on a span of multiple adjacent text objects in one command.
999@q
Prefixing a macro invocation with a large count like 999@q tells Vim to run register q up to 999 times.
:cfirst and :clast
:cfirst and :clast jump directly to the first or last entry in the quickfix list, skipping all intermediate results.
%:r
The %:r expression expands to the current filename with its extension removed (the "root" of the filename).
zMzv
The zMzv sequence collapses every fold in the file and then re-opens only the one containing your cursor.
setreg()
The setreg(reg, value, type) and getreg(reg, 1, 1) functions give you full programmatic control over registers, including their type (characterwise, linewise, o
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