953 results for ":normal"
vat
The vat command visually selects the nearest enclosing HTML or XML tag and all of its contents, including the opening and closing tags themselves.
visual-mode #visual-mode #text-objects #editing #normal-mode
zx
The zx command resets and recomputes all folds in the current window based on the current foldmethod.
!{motion}{command}
The ! operator filters the text covered by a motion through an external shell command, replacing the original lines with the command's stdout.
5@q
Prefix the @ macro-execution command with a count to run the macro that many times in a row.
:s/\v\w+/\U&/g
Vim's substitute command supports special case-conversion sequences in the replacement string, letting you transform matched text to upper or lower case without
z. / z-
Vim has scroll-positioning commands that come in two flavors: those that leave the cursor in the current column (zz, zt, zb) and those that also move the cursor
g_
g moves the cursor to the last non-blank character of the current line — skipping trailing spaces and tabs.
qq{commands}@qq
A recursive macro calls itself at the end of its own definition, causing it to run repeatedly until Vim hits an error — such as reaching the end of the file o
zg and zw
When Vim's spell checker marks a word as incorrect but it is intentionally spelled that way (a name, abbreviation, or domain-specific term), you can permanently
\V
Vim's default search mode gives special meaning to characters like .
nnoremap <key> <Cmd>command<CR>
The special key (Vim 8.
config #config #macros #ex-commands #normal-mode #insert-mode
gi
The gi command moves the cursor to the position where you last exited insert mode and immediately enters insert mode again.
navigation #navigation #insert-mode #marks #normal-mode #productivity
yiw
How it works The command yiw yanks (copies) the inner word under the cursor.
g; and g,
Vim tracks every position where you made a change in the changelist.
]c and [c
When files are open in Vim's built-in diff mode — whether via vimdiff, :diffsplit, or :diffthis — the ]c and [c motions let you jump precisely between chang
e
The e command moves the cursor to the last character of the current word.
:t {address}
How it works The :t command (short for :copy) copies one or more lines and places them below the specified address.
]m / [m / ]M / [M
When navigating large source files, ]m and [m let you jump directly to the start of the next or previous method.
\%>20c
The \%Nc, \%>Nc, and \%20c — match only after column 20 (i.
map() and filter() with lambdas
Vim 8 introduced lambda expressions with the syntax {args -> expr}, enabling concise inline list transformations.
