How do you split the current window vertically?
<C-w>v
Press v or use :vsplit to create a vertical split showing the same buffer.
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How do you reload your vimrc without restarting Vim?
:source $MYVIMRC
Use :source $MYVIMRC or :so % if editing the vimrc to reload configuration.
How do you search through command history?
<C-r>/ or q/
Press q/ to open search history in a window.
How do you search file contents with fzf and ripgrep?
:Rg pattern
Use :Rg pattern from fzf.
How do I put selected text inside quotes or brackets manually?
c""<Esc>P
Without a surround plugin, you can manually wrap selected text by changing it, typing the delimiters, and pasting the original text back.
How do I search and replace text only on the current line?
:s/old/new/g
The :s/old/new/g command replaces all occurrences of old with new on the current line only.
How do I extract just the parent directory name (not the full path) of the current file in Vim?
expand('%:p:h:t')
Vim's filename modifiers can be chained to transform paths step by step.
How do you append additional keystrokes to an existing macro?
qA...q
Use uppercase register letter qA to append to macro a instead of overwriting.
How do you split the current window horizontally?
<C-w>s
Press s or use :split to create a horizontal split showing the same buffer.
How do you configure backup file locations in Vim?
set backupdir=~/.vim/backup//
Set backupdir to a specific directory to avoid cluttering your project.
How do you enable persistent undo across sessions?
set undofile undodir=~/.vim/undo//
Enable undofile and set undodir to persist undo history to disk.
How do I run the same command across all open buffers at once?
:bufdo
When you need to apply the same change to every file you have open in Vim, switching to each buffer manually is tedious and error-prone.
How do I navigate quickfix and location list entries with intuitive bracket mappings?
[q / ]q
The vim-unimpaired plugin by Tim Pope provides bracket-pair mappings for navigating quickfix and location list entries: [q moves to the previous entry and ]q mo
How do I make Vim preserve the cursor column when jumping between lines?
:set nostartofline
By default, many Vim movement commands — gg, G, Ctrl-d, Ctrl-u, Ctrl-f, Ctrl-b, and others — snap the cursor to the first non-blank character of the destina
How do I configure Vim to share the clipboard with my system?
:set clipboard=unnamedplus
Setting clipboard=unnamedplus makes Vim's default yank and paste use the system clipboard.
How do I set different Vim options for specific programming languages?
autocmd FileType python setlocal ts=4 sw=4 et
Using autocmd FileType, you can configure Vim to automatically apply buffer-local settings whenever a file of a particular type is opened.
How do I add custom markers or icons in Vim's sign column next to specific lines without any plugins?
:sign define and :sign place
Vim's built-in sign system lets you define custom symbols and place them in the sign column — the narrow gutter to the left of line numbers.
How do I get more powerful text objects for quotes, brackets, and arguments in Vim?
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How do I hide the command line area in Neovim to gain an extra line of screen space?
:set cmdheight=0
Setting cmdheight=0 in Neovim 0.
How do you configure the built-in LSP client in Neovim?
require('lspconfig').pyright.setup{}
Use nvim-lspconfig to configure language servers.