This category is for tips about using Vim efficiently. These tips can be mere pointers to well-known commands.
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A
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Align numbers at decimal point
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Align text into a table
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Align text plugin
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Autoloading Cscope Database
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Category:Automated Text Insertion
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Automatic word wrapping
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Avoid scrolling when switch buffers
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Avoid the escape key
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Avoiding the "Hit ENTER to continue" prompts
B
C
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Change C++ comments to C comments
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Close windows from gvim popup menu
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Category:Compiler
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Converting tabs to spaces
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Converting variables to or from camel case
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Copy an Entire Buffer to the Clipboard
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Copy and paste between Vim instances
D
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Delete all lines containing a pattern
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Displaying a variable/macro definition
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Displaying the current Vim environment
E
F
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Fast access to the first nine buffers
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Category:File Handling
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Category:Folding
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Format pasted text automatically
G
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I
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Category:I18n
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Improved hex editing
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Increasing or decreasing numbers
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Category:Indenting
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Insert in normal mode
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Insert multiple lines
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Insert newline without entering insert mode
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Insert-mode only Caps Lock
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Inserting a prefix in a parameter list
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Inserting text in multiple lines
L
M
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Make views automatic
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Category:Map
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Map caps lock to escape in XWindows
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Map Ctrl-Backspace to delete previous word
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Mappings to facilitate the creation of text
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Match valid IP address
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Mighty Mouse
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Move function parameters with macro
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Category:Moving
N
O
P
Q
R
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Ranges
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Record a recursive macro
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Regex-based text alignment
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Remap join to merge comment lines
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Repeat last change
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Repeat last command and put cursor at start of change
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Replace a builtin command using cabbrev
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Restore cursor to file position in previous editing session
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Reverse order of lines
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Run a command in multiple buffers
S
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Save all open buffers at once
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Category:Scripting
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Search for non-ASCII characters
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Category:Searching
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Short mappings for common tasks
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Show how many lines between matching pairs
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Showing the ASCII value of the current character
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Category:Spell Checking
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Category:Split windows
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Swapping characters, words and lines
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Switching case of characters
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Category:Syntax
T
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Category:Tabs
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Category:Text processing
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To switch back to normal mode automatically after inaction
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Toggle off the line-number when enter on-line help
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Transposing
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Troubleshooting
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V
W
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