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g- / g+
Vim doesn't have a simple linear undo stack — it maintains a full undo tree with branches.
editing #editing #undo-redo #normal-mode #advanced #productivity
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
:Explore / :Vexplore / :Sexplore
Vim ships with netrw, a built-in file explorer that lets you browse directories, open files, create new files, rename, and delete — all without plugins.
buffers-windows #navigation #buffers #file-management #netrw #productivity
ciw""<Esc>P
Vim doesn't have a built-in "surround" operator, but you can wrap any word in quotes or brackets with a short sequence: ciw""P.
editing #editing #text-objects #normal-mode #productivity #surround
:ls
The :ls command displays a list of all open buffers in Vim, showing their buffer number, status indicators, file name, and the line the cursor was last on.
<C-x><C-]>
Pressing in insert mode opens a completion menu populated from your project's tags file.
:clearjumps
The :clearjumps command wipes the jump list for the current window, giving you a clean slate for and navigation.
:set foldopen
The foldopen option lets you specify exactly which cursor movements and commands will automatically open a closed fold.
:vimgrepadd /FIXME/j **/*.go
When you are triaging a codebase, one pattern is rarely enough.
:Rg
The fzf.
<C-v>$
In visual block mode, pressing $ extends the selection to the end of every line, even when lines have different lengths.
:put =execute('{cmd}')
The :put =execute('{cmd}') idiom inserts the output of any Vim Ex command as text in your buffer.
registers #registers #ex-commands #command-line #normal-mode
:spellrepall
After correcting a misspelled word with z= (or 1z= for the first suggestion), run :spellrepall to apply that same correction to every other occurrence of the id
gD
How it works Vim provides two built-in commands for jumping to where an identifier is defined, without needing tags or an LSP: gd (lowercase) searches backward
:%s/\<old\>/new/g
Wrapping your search pattern in \ word boundary anchors ensures that Vim only matches the exact whole word, preventing accidental replacements inside longer wor
]m and [m
The ]m and [m motions let you jump forward and backward between the start of method or function definitions.
:GitGutterToggle
vim-gitgutter is a plugin that shows git diff markers in the sign column (the narrow column to the left of line numbers).
:set scrolljump=5
When scrolloff is 0 and the cursor moves just past the screen boundary, Vim scrolls by exactly one line, which can feel abrupt during rapid navigation.
<C-y>,
The emmet-vim plugin brings the full power of Emmet (formerly Zen Coding) to Vim, letting you type a short CSS-like abbreviation and expand it into a complete H
:set undofile
By default, Vim's undo history is lost when you close a file.
