<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.
: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.
<C-d> (in command mode)
Pressing in Vim's command line displays the full list of matching completions below the command prompt, without cycling through them one at a time.
command-line #command-line #completion #ex-commands #navigation
:earlier {N}m and :later {N}m
Vim's :earlier and :later commands let you travel through your edit history by wall-clock time rather than by individual undo steps.
:e %:h/
Vim expands % to the current file's path in Ex commands, and the :h modifier strips the last filename component to give you just the directory.
:digraphs
:digraphs (abbreviated :dig) displays a full reference table of every digraph registered in Vim.
command-line #editing #special-characters #insert-mode #command-line
:[range]right [width]
Vim's :right command right-aligns text by padding lines with leading spaces up to a given width.
:5t.
The :t ex command (also spelled :copy) copies a range of lines to a target address without touching any register.
:doautocmd FileType
When you change a buffer's filetype mid-session — say with :set filetype=python — Vim updates the filetype option but does not automatically re-run the File
:[range]center {width}
Vim has a built-in :center command that pads lines with leading spaces to visually center them within a given column width.
command-line #formatting #text-alignment #ex-commands #editing
:[range]luado {lua-expr}
Neovim's :luado command runs a Lua expression on each line of a range, allowing you to transform text using the full power of Lua's string library.
:[range]center
Vim provides three Ex commands for aligning text within a specified column width: :[range]left, :[range]center, and :[range]right.
command-line #ex-commands #formatting #editing #command-line
:g/pattern/t.
Combining :global with the :t (copy) command and the .
:[range]write >> filename
The >> modifier on :write appends lines to a file instead of overwriting it.
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #file-handling #editing
:w ++p
Neovim's :w ++p flag automatically creates any missing intermediate directories when writing a file.
:cd -
The :cd - command switches Vim's global working directory back to the previous one, just like cd - in the shell.
:let @a = execute('messages')
The execute() function (added in Vim 8.
<C-a> (command-line mode)
In command-line mode, inserts all completions for the word before the cursor at once, as a space-separated list.
:compiler {name}
The :compiler command loads a compiler plugin from Vim's runtime path, setting both makeprg (the build command) and errorformat (the error parsing pattern) in o
:{range}center [width]
Vim provides three built-in Ex commands for text alignment: :center, :right, and :left.
