Vim Tips
February 16, 2020 • ☕️ 1 min read
List of vim tips I learned
- Save a read-only file with sudo with
:w !sudo tee %- Get the full path of current buffer
1<C-G>- Vim Undo history
# Time-based undo/redo
g- / g+
# Tree-Based undo/redo
u / <C-R>- Toogle Case with tilde in normal mode
~- Repeat previous substitution
:s
:&
# Use previous flags
:&&
# Change flags
:&gc
# Repeat last substitution in normal mode
g&
# Represent match pattern in a substitution
:s/sub/&stitution/ # Here & is sub- Change variable value
:let &<tab>
:let &hlsearch=1- Expression evaluation in insert mode
<Ctrl-r>= # 5*6 <Enter>- Fix Indentation with syntax support
== #In Normal Mode
= # In Visual Mode- Swap window
<Ctrl-w><Ctrl-r>More comming soon…