261 results for ":b#"
:s/\n/ /
One of the most confusing asymmetries in Vim's substitution syntax: \n and \r mean different things depending on whether they appear in the pattern or the repla
yos, yow, yol, yon, yoh
The vim-unimpaired plugin adds a set of paired bracket mappings, including a powerful family of option toggles.
qabi"<Esc>ea"<Esc>wq
How it works This macro wraps the current word in double quotes and moves to the next word, making it easy to repeat across a line or file.
:'<,'>sort /\%20v/
When lines contain aligned columns, plain :sort often gives the wrong order because it compares from column 1.
visual-mode #visual-mode #sorting #text-processing #command-line
[/ and ]/
Vim provides two motions for navigating C-style block comments (/ .
[<Space> and ]<Space>
vim-unimpaired (by Tim Pope) provides paired bracket mappings for dozens of common operations.
:packadd matchit
The matchit plugin ships with Vim and Neovim but is not enabled by default.
\%[abc]
The \%[.
:set jumpoptions=stack,view
By default, jump navigation can feel lossy in long files: you jump back, but folds, topline, and viewport context do not always match what you were looking at b
cs"'
The vim-surround plugin by Tim Pope lets you change any surrounding delimiter pair with a single cs command.
plugins #plugins #surround #editing #text-objects #normal-mode
/pattern1/;/pattern2/
Vim's search offsets allow chaining two patterns together with a semicolon.
qQ...q
When you record a macro into register q with qq.
w
The w command moves the cursor forward to the beginning of the next word.
:lockmarks
Many Ex commands silently adjust or delete marks as a side effect of modifying buffer content.
:argdo %s/\<old\>/new/ge | update
When you need to apply the same substitution across a curated set of files, :argdo is safer than a broad project-wide command.
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #search #buffers #formatting
]q
The vim-unimpaired plugin (by Tim Pope) provides a consistent [x / ]x mnemonic for navigating any list-like structure in Vim.
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.
:ls!
:ls (or :buffers) shows Vim's buffer list, but it hides unlisted buffers — help files, directory listings (netrw), terminal buffers, and scratch buffers marke
]'
The ]' command jumps to the start of the line containing the next lowercase mark in the file, while [' jumps to the previous one.
:put =strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
The :put = command inserts the result of a Vimscript expression directly into the buffer as a new line.
