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zH and zL
zH and zL scroll the viewport horizontally by half a screen width, letting you navigate wide content efficiently when wrap is disabled.
navigation #navigation #scrolling #horizontal #nowrap #motions
:g/^\s*$/d
The global command :g/^\s$/d removes every line that is empty or contains only whitespace — a common cleanup task when tidying up code, configuration files, o
.\{-}
How it works In most regex engines, ? or +? make quantifiers non-greedy (matching as little as possible).
:lua =expr
In Neovim, prefixing a Lua expression with = on the :lua command line evaluates it and pretty-prints the result using vim.
<C-r><C-o>{register}
The standard {reg} pastes register contents in Insert mode, but Vim may auto-indent multi-line text to match the current indentation level — sometimes manglin
:ldo execute 'normal @q'
:ldo runs an Ex command on each entry in the location list — the buffer-local cousin of the quickfix list.
/\cfoo
Vim's \c and \C flags let you force a search to be case-insensitive or case-sensitive on a per-search basis, regardless of your ignorecase and smartcase setting
:botright copen 8 | wincmd p
Quickfix is powerful, but opening it can disrupt window layout and yank focus away from your current editing context.
:set switchbuf=usetab,newtab
When you jump to buffers from quickfix, tags, or command-line completions, Vim's default window selection can feel unpredictable.
buffers-windows #buffers #windows #tabs #quickfix #navigation
:keepjumps normal! /\Vtarget\<CR>
Repeated navigational searches can pollute the jump list, especially when you are doing targeted inspections before returning to your main edit location.
navigation #navigation #search #jumplist #normal-mode #workflow
:%s/\w\+/(&)/g
In a Vim substitution, & in the replacement string expands to the entire matched text.
:sandbox {command}
Vim's sandbox mode restricts what a command can do, preventing it from executing shell commands, writing files, or modifying certain settings.
vim.keymap.del()
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:cfdo %s/old/new/ge | update
When you grep across your project and want to perform a search-and-replace on every file that matched, :cfdo is the most efficient approach.
command-line #quickfix #substitute #search #ex-commands #editing
:put =''
Using :put ='' with an empty expression lets you insert blank lines in normal mode without ever entering insert mode.
editing #editing #normal-mode #ex-commands #expression-register #blank-line
{N}|
The command (pipe character) moves the cursor to a specific column number on the current line.
viw
How it works The command viw selects the word under the cursor in visual mode.
:djump /MY_MACRO/
:djump searches for matches using Vim's definition search rules and jumps to the selected hit.
:'<,'>retab!
The :retab! command converts between tabs and spaces based on your expandtab setting.
:%s/\(\w\+\)/\u\1/g
Vim provides case-conversion atoms in substitute replacements: \u uppercases the next character, \l lowercases it, \U uppercases until \e, and \L lowercases unt
