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: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
:let @q then use in nnoremap
Macros are stored in registers as plain keystroke strings.
daw
The daw command deletes a word including one side of its surrounding whitespace.
g<C-a> in visual mode
When you have multiple lines with the same number and want to turn them into a sequence (1, 2, 3.
:e ++enc={encoding}
When Vim auto-detects the wrong character encoding — mojibake where é shows as é is a classic symptom — you can reload the current buffer with a specifi
%:S
When you build shell commands from Vim, file paths with spaces or special characters can break the command unless properly escaped.
command-line #command-line #filename-modifiers #shell #expansion
set path+=**
By adding to Vim's path option, you enable recursive directory search — which makes :find with tab completion a lightweight project-wide fuzzy finder, no plug
/pattern\_s\+next
Vim's regular expressions support multi-line matching through underscore-prefixed atoms.
50%
Prefixing the % command with a count jumps the cursor to that percentage through the file.
/\%>10l\%<20lTODO
Vim regex supports position atoms that can constrain where a match is allowed to occur.
qaq qa...@aq @a
A recursive macro calls itself at the end of its recording, causing it to repeat indefinitely until a command inside it fails (like a search hitting the end of
:set path^=./src
Vim's :set command supports three operators for modifying list-style options: += appends, -= removes, and ^= prepends.
:let @q='commands'
Macros in Vim are stored in registers as plain text.
:sview {file}
The :sview command opens a file in a horizontal split window with the buffer set to read-only.
buffers-windows #buffers-windows #windows #navigation #ex-commands
\_.\+
By default, .
:let @/ = @a
Vim's search register (@/) holds the current search pattern — the same one used by n, N, *, and hlsearch highlighting.
:%s/\s\+/ /g
The pattern \s\+ matches one or more whitespace characters (spaces, tabs).
:s/pattern/\=expr/
Prefixing the replacement field of :s with \= makes Vim evaluate the rest as a Vimscript expression and use the result as the replacement string.
:set nrformats=
The nrformats option controls which number formats (increment) and (decrement) recognize.
:put ={expr}
The :put ={expr} command evaluates a Vimscript expression and inserts the result as a new line below the cursor.
