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]m / [m
When you're reviewing or refactoring C-style code, jumping by words or paragraphs is too coarse, and search can become noisy.
navigation #navigation #motions #code-navigation #normal-mode
:g/BEGIN/+1,/END/-1 delete
By combining the :global command with a relative address range, you can delete the content between repeating delimiter pairs while leaving the delimiters intact
]s
When spell checking is enabled with :set spell, Vim underlines misspelled words in the buffer.
:%s/[“”]/"/ge<CR>:%s/[‘’]/'/ge<CR>
When text comes from docs, email, or CMS exports, it often contains typographic quotes (“”‘’) that break code snippets, Markdown tooling, or shell comma
:set shada='200,<1000,s100,h
Default ShaDa settings are conservative, which can make long-running workflows lose useful context between sessions.
[z and ]z
The [z and ]z commands jump the cursor to the start and end of the innermost open fold containing the cursor.
:windo diffthis<CR>
If you already have several related files open in splits, enabling diff mode one window at a time is slow and error-prone.
buffers-windows #buffers-windows #diff #windows #ex-commands
/TODO/e
Most users know /pattern, but fewer use search offsets to control where the cursor lands after the match.
cs'"
The vim-surround plugin (by Tim Pope) adds three powerful operators for working with surrounding delimiters — quotes, brackets, parentheses, and HTML tags.
guu / gUU
Vim's case operators gu (lowercase) and gU (uppercase) follow the same doubling convention as dd and yy: repeating the operator letter applies it to the whole c
:call histdel(':', -1)
When you run sensitive or noisy Ex commands, they stay in command history and can be recalled accidentally.
:s/\v(\w+) (\w+)/\2 \1/
Vim's substitute command supports capture groups using \( and \) (or ( and ) in \v very-magic mode).
:packadd! matchit
Vim's % command jumps between matching brackets by default.
plugins #navigation #plugins #text-objects #matching #normal-mode
autocmd FileType {lang} setlocal {options}
Vim's autocmd FileType lets you apply settings that only take effect when editing a specific file type.
[<Space> and ]<Space>
vim-unimpaired (by Tim Pope) provides paired bracket mappings for dozens of common operations.
:keepalt edit {file}<CR>
The alternate-file mark (#) powers fast toggles like and commands that depend on the previous file context.
command-line #command-line #buffers #workflow #navigation #advanced
/\v<(TODO|FIXME|BUG)>
When you triage code, jumping among TODO, FIXME, and BUG markers quickly is often more useful than searching each token separately.
:windo {cmd}
:windo {cmd} executes an Ex command in every window in the current tab page, cycling through each one and applying the command before returning focus to the ori
buffers-windows #windows #buffers #ex-commands #buffers-windows
cs"'
The vim-surround plugin by Tim Pope lets you change any surrounding delimiter pair with a single cs command.
plugins #plugins #surround #editing #text-objects #normal-mode
vim-repeat
The vim-repeat plugin by Tim Pope extends Vim's built-in .
plugins #plugins #repeat #dot-command #workflow #normal-mode
