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How can I make Vim autoread a file while it doesn't have focus?
Awarded Nov 17 at 18:07
Can I do an interactive :substitute (search & replace)?
Awarded Nov 16 at 17:33
How to replace each match with incrementing counter?
Awarded Oct 20 at 21:33
vim hangs when I open a typescript file
Awarded Sep 28 at 7:07
Navigation in insert mode
Awarded Sep 23 at 14:46
Slow vim escape from insert mode
Awarded Aug 29 at 14:57
How can I repeat last substitution and with the same flags
Awarded Aug 5 at 18:18
How can I change the colour of the line highlighted with the 'cursorline' option?
Awarded Mar 22 at 13:35
How to check if a string is a substring of another string
Awarded Mar 5 at 0:11
What is the purpose of `s`?
Awarded Feb 26 at 19:11
Wrapping comment in visual mode not working with gq
Awarded Jan 10 at 23:21
Select multiple words, one at a time, then replace them all
Awarded Jan 6 at 8:11
Is there a version of Vim or plugin with a Command Mode auto completion?
Awarded Jan 5 at 6:30
What is the mnemonic for Ctrl-Y (in normal mode)?
Awarded Jan 1 at 0:15
How can I run a function or macro across a folder of files?
Awarded Dec 22, 2024 at 16:25
How to quickly add content in a new line at end of file?
Awarded Dec 19, 2024 at 17:35
How could I create a terminal at the bottom
Awarded Dec 1, 2024 at 9:32
Why is the underscore command _ useful?
Awarded Nov 19, 2024 at 11:27
Increment numbers in text
Awarded Oct 27, 2024 at 10:41
Quickly calculate the total of a column of numbers
Awarded Oct 18, 2024 at 23:18
What is the Vim8 package feature and how should I use it?
Awarded Oct 13, 2024 at 14:20
How can I add additional syntax highlighting rules in my local vimrc?
Awarded Oct 11, 2024 at 12:32
When to use :grep and :vimgrep in vim?
Awarded Sep 25, 2024 at 14:56
How to see if a plugin is active
Awarded Sep 14, 2024 at 19:31
How to exit Vim from split mode?
Awarded Sep 3, 2024 at 10:36
How do I disable vim from producing backup files?
Awarded Aug 15, 2024 at 8:20
How can put .vimrc and viminfo into .vim directory?
Awarded Aug 13, 2024 at 20:11
How can I change the font size in gVim?
Awarded Aug 2, 2024 at 13:50
Slow vim escape from insert mode
Awarded Jul 28, 2024 at 9:15
How to delete all white spaces until first character?
Awarded Jul 18, 2024 at 11:55
How can I yank (copy) the single character on which the cursor rests?
Awarded Jun 27, 2024 at 0:38
How do I check the version of NeoVim in vimscript?
Awarded May 17, 2024 at 23:36
How do I enter into vimdiff mode given two splits are already open?
Awarded May 2, 2024 at 11:16
What is the meaning of 'g'?
Awarded Apr 17, 2024 at 20:04
How can I show relative line numbers?
Awarded Apr 6, 2024 at 7:30
How to delete content backwards until "=" at the previous line?
Awarded Apr 4, 2024 at 5:19
How do I change the colour of the statusline of the currently focused window?
Awarded Mar 25, 2024 at 15:36
Remap Esc key in Vim
Awarded Mar 20, 2024 at 20:31
Using Vimdiff to diff two things that are not local documents
Awarded Mar 12, 2024 at 17:16
Is it possible to map control forward-slash with vim
Awarded Mar 10, 2024 at 14:33
How to get the filetype in lua in nvim
Awarded Feb 15, 2024 at 8:11
How to replace only within visual selection?
Awarded Feb 8, 2024 at 12:37
How do you view the diff of a swap file without quitting Vim?
Awarded Feb 6, 2024 at 4:57
How do I customize vimdiff colors?
Awarded Jan 10, 2024 at 22:17
How do I have buffers listed in a quickfix window in Vim?
Awarded Jan 6, 2024 at 7:27
What is Neovim, and how is it different from Vim?
Awarded Jan 3, 2024 at 12:26
How to show only matching lines?
Awarded Nov 23, 2023 at 12:21
How to switch between buffer and terminal
Awarded Nov 10, 2023 at 0:26
Hand Placement for Vim Navigation
Awarded Nov 5, 2023 at 13:26
How do you indent > < without leaving visual mode and losing your current selection?
Awarded Oct 15, 2023 at 15:32
Don't add new line at the end of a file
Awarded Sep 25, 2023 at 19:49
End of python block motion
Awarded Sep 20, 2023 at 17:15
How to share config between Vim and Neovim
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 12:11
What is `softtabstop` used for?
Awarded Sep 5, 2023 at 18:20
Go to column number?
Awarded Aug 30, 2023 at 23:57
Visual select from cursor to next empty line?
Awarded Aug 27, 2023 at 22:40
How to sort case-insensitive?
Awarded Jul 24, 2023 at 9:50
How do I tell vim that some file extensions are synonymous?
Awarded Jul 19, 2023 at 5:25
What does <Plug> do in Vim?
Awarded Jul 8, 2023 at 11:31
Regex to match any character including newline
Awarded Jul 5, 2023 at 4:36
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