https://github.com/timstott/practical-vim

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/timstott/practical-vim
• Owner: timstott
• Created: 2015-01-18T23:01:04.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-03-23T09:16:05.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-05T02:25:55.535Z (over 1 year ago)
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# Practical Vim - Tips and Exercises

## Tip 35 - Run commands in shell

Send buffer content to stdin and use stdout to populate our buffer.

:[range] ! sh

## Tip 34 - Recall commands from history

Use `` or `` instead of arrow keys (also works in terminal).

Historical Ex commands command line window  `q:`.

Historical search command line window  `q/`.

Use `C-f` while in command line to enter command line window (both Ex and search)

## Tip 33 - Insert the current word at the command prompt

`:%s//something/g`

## Tip 30 - Run normal mode commands across range

Do command on line (e.g. `A;`) and the repeat on visual selection or range

`:'<,'>normal .`

Or in a single command

`:%normal A;`

With macros

`:%normal @a;`

var foo = 1

var ok = true

var hello = 'world'

var foobar = 'barbaz'

## Tip 29 - Duplicate and move lines using `:t` and `:m` commands

Copy the end of the document to below current cursor

:$copy.

:$t.

Copy current line to below line 6

:t6

Move the end of document to below current cursor

:$m.

## Tip X

Exit inset and visual mode with 

## Tip 28 - Execute a command on one more consecutive lines

Line numbers as address

:2,6p

Echo lines 2 to 6

:{start},{end}

Symbols

       | description

-------|------------

number | line number

.      | current line (where the cursor is placed)

$      | end of file

%      | all lines in current file

Offset from current line

:.,.+3p

Echo current line + 3 lines

## Tip 26 - Append afer a ragged visual block

var hello = 'world';

var ok = true;

var foo = 1;

## Tip 21 - Visual modes

In visual mode you can switch between visual modes the same way as normal mode.

      | description

------|------------

v     | visual char

V     | visual line

 | visual block

## Tip 15 - Past from a register without leaving normal mode

In insert mode, paste content from register

registers | description

----------|-----------------

 +        | system clipboard

 "        | text of last deleted or yanked line

keys            | description

----------------|-----------------------

{register} | paste content from register

{register} | paste from register and fix indent

## Tip 13 - Move in insert mode

        | description

--------|--------------------------

`` | Delete back one character

`` | Delete back one word

`` | Delete back to start of line

`` Switch to Insert Normal mode

## Tip 11 - Combine and conquer

Sample of operator commands

   |

---|---------------

c  | change

g~ | swap case

gu | make lowercase

gU | make uppercase

hello HELLO HeLlO

When operator command is invoked twice it acts on the current line (e.g. cc)

Text objects from plugin:

---|-----------

ae | entire file

=ae autoindent entire file

gUae make entire file uppercase

## Tip 10 - Simple math

 perform addition (enter twice because tmux prefix)

 perform substraction

100

Add/Substract count with 10

110