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Comment by 🐦 Arkaeriit

Re: "Configuration tricks, tips, etc."

In: s/vim

If your Vim is compiled with support for use in a GTK window or something like that, you can use the register " to access the system clipboard. Binding <C-C> and <C-V> to access this register is quite nice.

🐦 Arkaeriit

Jul 04 · 6 months ago

5 Later Comments ↓

🐝 Addison · Jul 05 at 19:56:

I always remap my CapsLock key to function as Escape. Much more convenient.

🚀 stack · Jul 05 at 20:01:

@Addison: I am in the habit of swapping CapsLock and Ctrl, from my Emacs days. jk is a pretty good compromise, although I can see that getting out of insert mode is needed much more often than some ctrl combo...

🔭 TheSpoonCarver · Jul 06 at 20:07:

I'm trying to weed myself off of the plugins like easymotion that allow you to jump to any character on screen in just a few taps. Instead, I've been trying to use search offsets more, so /foo/1 goes to the line after foo, or /foo/e+5 goes to 5 characters to the right of foo

🐦 Arkaeriit · Jul 06 at 22:20:

@TheSpoonCarver Thanks for the tip. I didn't knew such a feature existed. I will check it out.

👻 simul8 · Jul 25 at 21:31:

My favorites are:

gq - autoformat/wrap lines

di( or di{ or di< or di[ - deletes everything between braces

. - performs last editing action (macro)

q - sets macro

visual-mode - great for commenting out a block of code

And the best key sequence that I wish vim tutorials would cover is....

ctrl-c - It's the touch-typist friendly equivalent to esc.

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Configuration tricks, tips, etc.

💬 stack · 8 comments · Jul 04 · 6 months ago