How do I enable LSP and treesitter-powered code folding in Neovim with nvim-ufo?
:lua require('ufo').openAllFolds()
nvim-ufo is a Neovim plugin that replaces the built-in fold system with one powered by LSP (textDocument/foldingRange) or treesitter.
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Searching...How do I jump anywhere on screen with labeled targets using flash.nvim?
:lua require('flash').jump()
flash.
How do I use Harpoon to bookmark project files and jump between them instantly?
:lua require('harpoon.mark').add_file()
Harpoon by ThePrimeagen is a Neovim plugin that maintains a small, numbered list of the files you're actively working on.
How do I transform matched text to uppercase or lowercase directly inside a substitute replacement?
:s/pattern/\U&/g
Vim's :substitute command supports case-transformation escape sequences in the replacement string.
search #search #substitute #ex-commands #editing #text-objects
How do I suppress the 'Pattern not found' error when a substitution has no match?
:s/pattern/replacement/e
The e flag in Vim's :substitute command silently ignores the "E486: Pattern not found" error when the pattern does not match anything.
How do I re-insert the text from my last insert session and immediately return to normal mode?
<C-@>
Pressing (Ctrl + @, which is the NUL character) in insert mode inserts the same text that was typed during the most recent insert session, then immediately retu
How do I manually save the undo history for a file to a separate undo file in Vim?
:wundo {file}
The :wundo {file} command writes the current buffer's entire undo history to a file on disk.
How do I search through command history and only see commands that start with what I've already typed?
<Up>
In Vim's command line, and navigate history in prefix-filtered mode — they only cycle through past commands that begin with whatever you have already typed.
How do I autocomplete Vim command names and their arguments while in insert mode?
<C-x><C-v>
The key sequence in insert mode triggers Vim command-line completion — the same completion engine used at the : command prompt.
How do I center or right-align lines of text using Vim's built-in Ex commands?
:%center 80
Vim has three built-in Ex formatting commands — :left, :center, and :right — that align text within a specified column width.
How do I resolve a 3-way merge conflict in vim-fugitive by picking a specific version?
:diffget //2
When resolving Git merge conflicts with vim-fugitive, running :Gvdiffsplit! opens a 3-way split: your current branch (left), the working file with conflict mark
How do I wrap a word in a function call using vim-surround?
ysiwf
vim-surround's f and F surrounds let you wrap any text object inside a function call, prompting you for the function name.
How do I view the git commit history for the current file in vim-fugitive?
:0Gclog
vim-fugitive's :Gclog command loads the git log into the quickfix list, but when prefixed with the range 0 it restricts the history to only the commits that tou
How do I edit a macro in-place using Vimscript without re-recording it?
:let @a = substitute(@a, "old", "new", "g")
When a recorded macro has a typo or wrong command buried inside it, you don't have to re-record the entire thing.
How do I highlight only the line number of the current line without highlighting the entire line?
:set cursorlineopt=number
When cursorline is enabled, Vim highlights the entire line the cursor is on.
How do I run a command on lines matching a pattern within blocks matching another pattern?
:g/outer/,/end/g/inner/
The :global command accepts a range, which lets you scope its search to sections of the file rather than the entire buffer.
How do I create a mapping that applies only in visual mode but not in select mode?
:xmap
:vmap applies to both visual mode and select mode, which can silently break snippet plugins (like UltiSnips, LuaSnip) that use select mode to position the curso
How do I center the current line on screen and move to the first non-blank character?
z.
Vim has two flavors of each screen-repositioning command: one that only moves the view and one that also repositions the cursor.
How do I paste the contents of a register as a new line below the cursor regardless of the register type in Vim?
:put {reg}
The :put Ex command always inserts a register's content as a new line below the current line, regardless of whether the register holds characterwise, linewise,
editing #registers #editing #paste #ex-commands #normal-mode
How do I switch to a faster regex engine in Vim when syntax highlighting is causing slowdowns?
:set regexpengine=1
Vim ships with two regex engines and lets you control which one is used.