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2 years ago

@tobi As much as I love TextMate, I've come to realize the folly of being tied to one commercial OS on the basis of an editor. I considered going all-in on VSCode, but if I'm going to switch editor after 20 years, I'd like it to be my last change. Vim will be here and free in 100 years

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Learn Vim @learnvim

2 years ago

If you have the jq command github.com/jqlang/jq installed, you can use it to format JSON in Vim! On the line where you have a large JSON object: { "foo": { "bar": { "foo_id": null, "bar_id": 98765, "baz_id": 12345 } } } Run: :.!jq . Vim bang operator/cmd: :h ! #vim

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Learn Vim @learnvim

3 years ago

The vim-yoink plugin lets you to yank multiple times and quickly choose which yanked text to paste (with Ctrl-n/Ctrl-p). If you use copy/paste often, check it out! github.com/svermeulen/vim… #vim

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3 years ago

If you want to resize, swap, and move windows, the winresizer plugin (github.com/simeji/winresi…) can quickly resize your vim window with its resize mode. Check it out! #vim

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3 years ago

If you have one large window and one small window, you can make them equal size with Ctrl-w + = :h CTRL-W_= #vim

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3 years ago

You can "swap" windows with Ctrl-w + r (technically it's down/right-ward rotation, but works like a swap with only 2 windows) :h CTRL-W_r #vim

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3 years ago

@RandVegan Yup!

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3 years ago

To roll a dice 5 times: :for i in range(1,5) | put='Dice roll: ' . (rand() % 6 + 1) | endfor #vim

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Learn Vim @learnvim

3 years ago

There are 5 different history commands in Vim: :his c or : - command-line history (q:) :his s or / or ? - search history (q/ or q?) :his e or = - expression history :his i or @ - input history :his d or > - debug history #vim

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3 years ago

= is the filter operator (by default it indents). If you want to indent the entire buffer, run: gg=G - gg goes to the top - =G indent operator + all the way to the bottom Use `` to go back to the original location. Try: gg=G`` More: stackoverflow.com/questions/5060… :h = #vim

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3 years ago

Press Ctrl-W o`` to zoom the current window and close other open windows (You can also run `:on`) #vim

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3 years ago

If you want to close the current window, you can press Ctrl-w + c More: :h CTRL-W_c #vim

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3 years ago

If you use fugitive.vim, you can use git grep to use a keyword in a specific branch / SHA :Ggrep MY_FOO some-branch :Ggrep MY_FOO some-sha Useful if you want to see if / how a text looks like in a different branch :h :Ggrep github.com/tpope/vim-fugi… #vim

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3 years ago

To reverse two words, you can use this substitution: :s/\(\w\+\) \(\w\+\)/\2 \1/g This will reverse "strawberry chocolate" into "chocolate strawberry" If you think there's too many backslash, you can use \v: :s/\v(\w+) (\w+)/\2 \1/g #vim

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3 years ago

To generate 100 lines of "100 bottles of milk", you can run: :for i in range(100, 0, -1) | put = i . ' bottles of milk 🥛' | endfor #vim

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3 years ago

Let's say you have: apples oranges apples bananas To search for apples FOLLOWED BY bananas (and not apples followed by oranges), you can use a multi-line search /apples\_.bananas :h \_x #vim

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

Last time we looked at :vimgrep to search for keywords. :vimgrep /Waffles/ app/**/*.rb To add more results into your last search, you can use :vimgrepa. To also search for Pancakes: :vimgrepa /Pancakes/ app/**/*.rb Now you have a list of Waffles AND Pancakes. #vim

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3 years ago

Vim has an internal grep to search for texts in files, :vimgrep. If I want to search "Waffles" inside ruby files inside app/ directory: :vimgrep /Waffles/ app/**/*.rb To display the quickfix list result: :copen Try it! #vim

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3 years ago

When you pass multiple file names when you run Vim from the terminal (vim bar.rb foobar.lua), Vim stores those files inside the argument lists, which you can access with :args You can navigate through the argument lists with :next, :prev, :first, :last. :h arglist #vim

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