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<C-r><C-r>
In command-line mode, {reg} inserts a register's contents — but it processes certain sequences, potentially misinterpreting backslashes, pipe characters, or e
^
The ^ command moves the cursor to the first non-blank character of the current line.
/prefix\zsword
Vim's \zs atom marks the start of the match within a longer pattern.
:digraphs
:digraphs (abbreviated :dig) displays a full reference table of every digraph registered in Vim.
command-line #editing #special-characters #insert-mode #command-line
<C-r>:
Vim stores your last executed Ex command in the read-only : register.
:set winwidth=85 winheight=20
Setting winwidth and winheight tells Vim the minimum column width and line height the current focused window must have.
:sort r /pattern/
The :sort r /pattern/ command sorts lines using the matched portion of the regex as the sort key.
:keeppatterns {cmd}
Whenever Vim runs a command that involves searching — :g, :s, :v, or even moving the cursor with / — it overwrites the last search register (@/).
\@<= and \@<!
Vim's \@<= and \@<! atoms let you write zero-width lookbehind assertions — they check what comes before the match position without consuming characters.
<C-w><C-^>
Press (Ctrl+W followed by Ctrl+6) to open the alternate file in a horizontal split.
:Gclog
Running :Gclog in vim-fugitive loads the git log for the current file into the quickfix list.
vim.schedule()
vim.
as and is
Vim defines sentence text objects — as (around sentence) and is (inner sentence) — that allow any operator to act on an entire sentence in one motion.
:keeppattern %s/old/new/g
When you run a :s or :%s substitute command, Vim updates the search register (@/) with the substitution pattern.
command-line #ex-commands #search #editing #registers #substitute
:diffget LOCAL
When Vim is configured as a git mergetool, it opens a three-way split with the LOCAL (your branch), REMOTE (their branch), and MERGED (the output file) buffers.
buffers-windows #buffers-windows #diff #editing #command-line
\zs and \ze
How it works Vim's \zs (set start) and \ze (set end) atoms let you define which portion of a pattern counts as the actual match, even though the full pattern is
/\v(pattern)@<=match
Vim supports zero-width assertions (lookahead and lookbehind) in its regex engine.
search #search #regex #advanced-search #lookahead #lookbehind
qQ
Recording a macro with an uppercase register letter appends to the existing macro in the corresponding lowercase register instead of overwriting it.
flash.nvim
flash.
:windo normal! @q
When you split a file into multiple windows or keep several related buffers visible, repeating the same small cleanup in each one can be tedious.
macros #macros #windows #normal-mode #ex-commands #automation
