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:set complete=.,w,b,t
Default keyword completion can feel noisy in large projects because Vim may scan extra sources you do not care about in the moment.
g* and g#
The and # commands search for the exact whole word under the cursor (with word boundaries \).
:%sort u
The :sort u command sorts all lines in the file and removes duplicate lines in one operation.
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #editing #text-manipulation #sort
:let @+ = @"
Vim's :let @{reg} syntax lets you read from one register and write to another.
/\%V
The \%V pattern atom restricts a search to the region spanned by the last visual selection.
:noh
The :noh (short for :nohlsearch) command clears the highlighting from the last search pattern.
:cnext
The quickfix list is Vim's built-in way to collect a list of positions — typically compiler errors, grep results, or linter warnings — and jump between them
:set noexpandtab | retab!
When you inherit space-indented code and need to switch to tabs, :retab! (with the bang) converts groups of spaces into tabs throughout the file.
:0put
The :put Ex command inserts register contents as a new line below the specified line number.
//
In Vim, pressing // (two forward slashes) in Normal mode repeats the last search pattern.
:let @a = substitute(@a, 'old', 'new', 'g')
After recording a macro or yanking text into a named register, you may need to tweak it — fix a typo in a recorded macro, change a variable name in yanked tex
:set fileformat=unix
When you open a Windows file in Vim on a Unix system, you may see ^M at the end of every line — that's the carriage return (\r) from CRLF line endings.
/\vTODO:\s*\zs.{-}\ze\s*($|#)
When TODO comments include prefixes, owners, or trailing metadata, a plain search often lands on the wrong part of the line.
:keeppattern {cmd}
Many Ex commands silently overwrite the search register (@/), which changes your hlsearch highlighting and n/N behavior.
:let @a = "value"
The :let @{reg} = expr command lets you assign any string or expression directly into a named register without entering insert mode or performing a yank.
:'<,'>norm @q
When you visually select lines and then type a : command, Vim automatically inserts ' (the visual range marks) into the command line.
:undolist
Vim's undo history is a tree, not a linear stack.
/pattern1/;/pattern2/
Vim's search offsets allow chaining two patterns together with a semicolon.
\%V
The \%V atom in a Vim pattern matches only inside the last visual selection.
search #search #visual-mode #substitute #regex #text-objects
:call setreg('a', @a . 'text', 'l')
How it works Vim provides two functions for advanced register manipulation: setreg() and getreg().
