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vim-polyglot
The vim-polyglot plugin is a curated collection of language packs for Vim that provides syntax highlighting, indentation, filetype detection, and compiler suppo
:setlocal statusline=%f\ %m\ %y\ [%l/%L]
The :setlocal statusline command lets you override the global statusline for a specific window.
:find
The :find command searches for a file by name across all directories listed in Vim's path option, so you can open files without typing full paths.
<C-a> / <C-x>
Pressing increments and decrements the number under or after the cursor.
\@<= and \@=
Vim's regex engine supports zero-width lookahead and lookbehind assertions using the \@ atom.
"/
Vim stores the last search pattern in the special / register.
\%l and \%c
Vim's \%l and \%c pattern atoms anchor a search to a particular line number or column, enabling surgical searches and substitutions that standard regex cannot e
\C
Vim's \C and \c atoms let you override ignorecase and smartcase on a per-pattern basis.
crs / crm / crc / cru
Tim Pope's vim-abolish plugin provides cr (coerce) commands that instantly convert the word under the cursor between common naming conventions.
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
:keeppattern {cmd}
Many Ex commands silently overwrite the search register (@/), which changes your hlsearch highlighting and n/N behavior.
:let g:debug_macro=1 | normal @a
When a macro doesn't work as expected, debugging it step by step is essential.
K
Pressing K in normal mode runs a lookup program on the word under the cursor.
navigation #navigation #help #documentation #normal-mode #keywordprg
:%s/pattern//gn
The n flag on the substitute command makes it report the match count without actually performing any replacement.
: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.
:s/^/\=line('.') - line("'<") + 1 . '. '/
When you need to quickly number a set of lines — such as TODO items, steps, or bullet points — you can use a visual selection combined with a substitution e
visual-mode #visual-mode #editing #ex-commands #formatting #substitute
:e +{line} {file}
The :edit command accepts a +{cmd} prefix that executes an Ex command immediately after the file is loaded.
command-line #buffers #ex-commands #navigation #command-line
/\cpattern
How it works By default, Vim searches are case-sensitive: /Hello will not match hello or HELLO.
:set nrformats+=hex,bin
By default, Vim's and only increment and decrement decimal numbers.
<C-a> (insert mode)
While in insert mode, pressing re-inserts the exact text you typed during your previous insert session.
