The :reg command in Vim will show you the contents of your registers. The Peekaboo plugin shows a sidebar with the same automatically.
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Remove lines matching a pattern with the g command:
• :g/pattern/d - Remove lines matching pattern
• :g!/pattern/d - Remove lines that do NOT match
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Did you know that Vim's built in netrw plugin lets you edit files remotely over SCP?
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Use text objects to make efficient changes:
• da" - Delete Around quotes
• di] - Delete Inside brackets
• ci{ - Change Inside braces
• dap - Delete Around Paragraph
• vaw - Visually select Around Word
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Do you Vim 8's package manager or third-party options? Why?
We wrote up an overview of 4 options in today's edition of VimTricks:
• Vim 8 native
• Pathogen
• Vim-Plug
• Vundle
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Ctrl-a and Ctrl-x will increment or decrement the next number on the line. But also:
• Use speeddating.vim to increment dates
• Try visual-increment.vim to increment a whole list
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You can use ddp to move the current line down in Vim. But I use mappings for Ctrl-j and Ctrl-k to move one or more lines up or down quickly...
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Replace across multiple files in Vim, without any plugins:
• :args path/*
• :argdo %s/some/sub/g
• :argdo update
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Scroll two splits simultaneously in Vim with :set scrollbind or toggle with :set scb! Useful for comparing two files.
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Enable mouse support in Vim:
set mouse=a
Our blog post has a list of reasons. But the most useful, even for keyboard warriors, is to resize splits with a quick drag.
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