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How to enable +python feature in vim
Awarded Nov 20, 2020 at 13:18
How to use a variable in the expression of a 'normal' command?
Awarded Nov 13, 2020 at 21:36
Can I join lines with a comma (or another character)?
Awarded Oct 31, 2020 at 6:41
Suppress output from a Vim autocomand
Awarded Oct 30, 2020 at 17:41
Fully disable mouse in console Vim
Awarded Oct 10, 2020 at 21:03
How to show only matching lines?
Awarded Oct 10, 2020 at 9:11
How can I see the full path of the current file?
Awarded Oct 7, 2020 at 9:27
Renaming variables
Awarded Oct 5, 2020 at 13:30
Find and replace using regular expressions
Awarded Sep 23, 2020 at 8:56
How to go to the next grep result?
Awarded Sep 23, 2020 at 6:55
Is there a best practice to fold a vimrc file
Awarded Sep 16, 2020 at 19:11
Can I search for a Unicode combining character in Vim?
Awarded Sep 3, 2020 at 18:17
How do you “chomp” a string in Vim?
Awarded Aug 31, 2020 at 15:17
Why should I use augroup?
Awarded Aug 9, 2020 at 17:35
How to replace tabs with spaces?
Awarded Aug 9, 2020 at 14:51
How to insert a newline without leaving normal mode?
Awarded Aug 8, 2020 at 17:03
Does Ex mode have any practical use?
Awarded Aug 7, 2020 at 14:32
Swap function arguments
Awarded Aug 6, 2020 at 15:33
How do I prevent vim from hiding symbols in markdown and json?
Awarded Jul 27, 2020 at 23:02
What is the reverse of the 'go to next' command
Awarded Jul 24, 2020 at 7:04
Can I map a Ctrl + upper-case letter separately from Ctrl + lower-case letter?
Awarded Jul 22, 2020 at 19:22
What does three commented curly brackets ("{{{) at the end of a line mean? Is it just a comment?
Awarded Jul 16, 2020 at 15:17
In Vimdiff, how do I switch the left and right panes?
Awarded Jul 12, 2020 at 13:28
How do I reload the current file?
Awarded Jul 4, 2020 at 14:57
Is it possible to split Vim window to view multiple files at once?
Awarded Jun 26, 2020 at 18:08
What is the difference between set and :set (commands with or without a leading colon)?
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 8:43
How do I deal with very long lines in text (500+ characters)?
Awarded Jun 16, 2020 at 13:56
Trying to move away from arrow keys in normal/insert/visual mode, but small text inserts are killing me!
Awarded Jun 15, 2020 at 17:42
VIM swap-file best practices?
Awarded Jun 12, 2020 at 5:45
Why doesn't Vim regex allow more than 9 capture groups?
Awarded Jun 11, 2020 at 22:19
What are the differences between the map, noremap, abbrev and noreabbrev commands?
Awarded Jun 8, 2020 at 3:02
Make panes resize when host window is resized
Awarded Jun 4, 2020 at 20:50
What are the differences between the Vim plugin managers?
Awarded May 30, 2020 at 12:28
How to add indentation guides/lines?
Awarded May 28, 2020 at 0:41
What is the difference between single and double quoted strings?
Awarded May 20, 2020 at 19:17
search for lines which contain a pattern but do not contain a second pattern
Awarded May 16, 2020 at 20:51
Dump the output of internal Vim command into buffer
Awarded May 8, 2020 at 21:56
What is the relation between vi, nvi and vim?
Awarded May 3, 2020 at 9:57
Go to last file in vim
Awarded Apr 30, 2020 at 8:06
How to make a vimscript function with optional arguments?
Awarded Apr 30, 2020 at 7:33
Is it possible and useful to split vimrc?
Awarded Apr 29, 2020 at 15:49
How can I copy text to the system clipboard from Vim?
Awarded Apr 27, 2020 at 7:02
Change an entire line in Vim
Awarded Apr 24, 2020 at 19:05
What are the new "popup windows" in Vim 8.2?
Awarded Apr 17, 2020 at 6:17
File Type dependent key mapping
Awarded Apr 16, 2020 at 15:55
Is there any way to change the popup menu color?
Awarded Apr 15, 2020 at 18:55
Figure out which plugin is responsible for a key binding
Awarded Apr 14, 2020 at 15:30
ale linter + eslint: Jump to next error
Awarded Apr 10, 2020 at 14:00
How to format JSON file in Vim
Awarded Apr 6, 2020 at 9:00
How to save and restore a mapping?
Awarded Apr 1, 2020 at 14:50
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags?
Awarded Mar 24, 2020 at 2:40
Detect OS in Vimscript
Awarded Mar 20, 2020 at 6:25
What is the select mode and when is it relevant to use it?
Awarded Mar 6, 2020 at 7:35
Replace a pattern with current line number
Awarded Mar 5, 2020 at 18:15
How to edit content from the standard input?
Awarded Mar 4, 2020 at 3:50
How to save window, split, and buffer layout?
Awarded Feb 17, 2020 at 15:20
How to disable arrow keys in vim?
Awarded Feb 15, 2020 at 18:10
How can I clear word highlighting in the current document (e.g. such as after searching for a word)?
Awarded Feb 13, 2020 at 8:10
How do you open a new buffer in the current window?
Awarded Feb 9, 2020 at 20:35
What is the difference between the Vim snippets plugins?
Awarded Feb 6, 2020 at 18:15
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