:set display+=lastline,truncate
By default, when a line is too long to fit in the window, Vim fills the remaining rows with @ characters to indicate the line continues off-screen.
:set fillchars+=eob:
By default, Vim fills empty lines after the end of a buffer with ~ characters.
vii with indent-object plugin
The vim-indent-object plugin provides ii (inner indent) and ai (around indent) text objects.
v'a
Press v for visual mode, then 'a to extend the selection to mark a.
<C-v>jj<C-a>
Select numbers with visual block mode , then press to increment all selected numbers by 1.
"_dP in visual mode
Use "_dP which deletes the selection into the black hole register and pastes before.
<C-v>jjll
Press for visual block mode, then use movement keys to select a rectangle.
<C-v>j$
In visual block mode, press $ to extend each line's selection to its end, even if lines have different lengths.
S) with vim-surround
With the vim-surround plugin, select text visually and press S) to wrap with parentheses.
v$
Press v to enter character-wise visual mode, then $ to extend selection to the end of the line (excluding the newline).
vit
Press vit to select the inner content of the nearest HTML/XML tag.
:'<,'>!nl -ba
Select lines visually, then run :'!nl -ba to pipe through the nl command which prepends line numbers to each selected line.
:'<,'>!sort -u
Select lines, then type ! which auto-expands to :'!.
gq in visual mode
Select text with v or V, then press gq to format the selection according to textwidth.
<C-v>jjr*
Enter visual block with , select a column with j, press r followed by the replacement character.
c in visual mode
Select text visually, then press c to delete the selection and enter insert mode.
d in visual mode
Select text visually and press d to delete the selection.
<C-v>jjA text <Esc>
Enter visual block with , select lines with j, press A to append after the block.
<C-v>jjI text <Esc>
Enter visual block with , select lines with j, press I to insert before the block.
<C-v>jjg<C-a>
Select a column of identical numbers with , then press g to create an incrementing sequence (1,2,3.
