How do I visually select the text of a sentence without selecting surrounding whitespace?
vis
The is (inner sentence) text object selects the sentence the cursor is in — excluding any leading or trailing whitespace that separates sentences.
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How do I run a normal mode command on every visually selected line?
:'<,'>normal {command}
After making a visual selection, :'normal {command} runs any normal-mode command on each selected line individually.
How do I save my current window and return to it after navigating other windows from a script or function?
:let winid = win_getid() | ... | call win_gotoid(winid)
The wingetid() and wingotoid() functions let you bookmark a window by its stable integer ID and jump back to it reliably.
How do I align key=value pairs on one line using a substitute expression in Vim?
:s/\v(\S+)\s*=\s*(.*)/\=printf('%-20s = %s', submatch(1), submatch(2))/
When a line contains uneven key = value spacing, quick manual fixes are easy to get wrong.
How do I paste register contents at the beginning of a file without moving the cursor there first?
:0put
The :put Ex command inserts register contents as a new line below the specified line number.
How do I populate a window-local location list from the current file and open it immediately?
:lgrep /pattern/ % | lopen
Quickfix is global, but sometimes you want a narrower search workspace tied to one window.
How do I scroll a full page up or down in Vim?
<C-f> to scroll forward, <C-b> to scroll backward
How it works Vim provides two commands for scrolling by an entire screen (page) at a time: Ctrl-F (Forward) scrolls the view one full page down through the file
How do I open or close folds one level at a time across the entire file?
zr and zm
The zr and zm commands let you incrementally adjust the global fold depth across the entire buffer — one level at a time.
How do I execute the current line as a shell command and insert the output?
:.!sh
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command-line #editing #ex-commands #shell #filtering #productivity
How do I uppercase a word and then jump back to my exact original cursor position?
mzgUiw`z
When you run an operator like gUiw, Vim can leave your cursor in a slightly different place than where you started.
How do I replace each match with an incrementing number using a counter variable in Vim?
:let i=0 | g/pattern/s/pattern/\=printf('%d', i+=1)/
By combining :let, the :g global command, and an expression substitution with \=, you can replace every match of a pattern with a unique incrementing number.
How do I indent a line in Vim?
>>
The >> command shifts the current line one shiftwidth to the right, adding indentation.
How do I run a dynamically constructed Ex command or pass special keys to :normal?
:execute
:execute evaluates a string as an Ex command, letting you build commands dynamically or embed special key sequences (like or ) as literal characters.
How do I rename a variable across all its case variants (camelCase, snake_case, SCREAMING_CASE) in one command?
:Subvert/{src}/{tgt}/g
vim-abolish provides :Subvert, a smarter substitute that detects and preserves the case style of each match.
How do I run a shell command asynchronously in Neovim 0.10+ without blocking the editor?
vim.system()
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How do I jump to the end of a word in Vim?
e
The e command moves the cursor to the last character of the current word.
How do I transform or filter a list inline using Vimscript lambdas with map() and filter()?
map() and filter() with lambdas
Vim 8 introduced lambda expressions with the syntax {args -> expr}, enabling concise inline list transformations.
How do I preview a fuzzy tag match in the preview window without immediately switching buffers?
:ptjump /{pattern}
When a symbol name is ambiguous, jumping directly with :tag can bounce you around the codebase and disrupt your working context.
navigation #navigation #tags #windows #code-navigation #command-line
How do I lowercase a word in Vim?
guiw
The guiw command converts the entire word under the cursor to lowercase.
How do I set a minimum number of lines to keep visible above and below the cursor?
:set scrolloff=5
The scrolloff option keeps a minimum number of lines visible above and below the cursor when scrolling.