input({prompt})
The built-in input() function pauses execution, displays a prompt at the bottom of the screen, and returns whatever the user types before pressing Enter.
:let @q .= "keys"
The string concatenation assignment :let @q .
:g/\(.\+\)\n\1/d
The :g command with a backreference pattern can detect and delete consecutive duplicate lines in one pass.
dV{motion}
In operator-pending mode — the brief state after typing an operator like d, c, or y but before entering the motion — you can prefix the motion with v, V, or
v2ap
In Vim, text objects accept a count prefix in visual mode, letting you select multiple consecutive text objects in one keystroke.
:g/pattern/.,+2d
Inside a :global command, .
command-line #ex-commands #global #delete #editing #command-line
dp
In Vim's diff mode, dp (diff put) and do (diff obtain) are single-keystroke shorthands for :diffput and :diffget.
buffers-windows #diff #buffers-windows #editing #normal-mode
vim.opt
Neovim's vim.
expand('<cfile>')
The expand('') function returns the filename that Vim sees under the cursor — the same file that gf would open.
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #navigation #editing #motions
<C-w>F
F opens the filename under the cursor in a new horizontal split window and jumps to the line number that follows the filename.
buffers-windows #navigation #buffers-windows #windows #editing
"qp {edit} 0"qy$ dd
When you record a macro and realize it has a mistake, the easiest fix is to paste the macro's keystrokes as text, edit them, and yank the corrected version back
zr
zr ("reduce" fold level) decrements the global foldlevel option by 1, opening the next layer of folds across the entire file.
>%
Vim's > operator (indent) works with any motion or text object — including %, which jumps to the bracket, parenthesis, or brace matching the one under the cur
editing #editing #indentation #text-objects #normal-mode #motions
d'a
Named marks are not just jump destinations — they serve as motion targets for any operator.
navigation #navigation #marks #editing #motions #normal-mode
:s/\v(\w+)\s+(\w+)/\2 \1/
By using capture groups in a substitute command with very magic mode (\v), you can swap two adjacent words in a single operation.
:[range]g/pattern/command
The :global command accepts an optional line range prefix that restricts which lines it even considers matching.
:g/^./,/^$/join
The :g/^.
command-line #command-line #editing #global #formatting #paragraphs
>G
The >G command applies a right-indent shift to every line from the cursor through the last line of the buffer.
:args {pattern}
The :args command sets Vim's argument list to all files matching a glob pattern.
{count}r{char}
The {count}r{char} command replaces a precise number of characters starting at the cursor position with a single repeated character.
