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Re: "Configuration tricks, tips, etc."
Use \c before a regex to make it case insensitive and use \v to make special characters such as ( or | not need an escape. I personally mapped <C-F> to /\c\v to make it do a powerfull and easy seach.
2023-07-04 · 7 months ago
🐦 Arkaeriit · 2023-07-04 at 23:13:
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.
🐝 Addison · 2023-07-05 at 19:56:
I always remap my CapsLock key to function as Escape. Much more convenient.
🚀 stack [OP/mod] · 2023-07-05 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 · 2023-07-06 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 · 2023-07-06 at 22:20:
@TheSpoonCarver Thanks for the tip. I didn't knew such a feature existed. I will check it out.
👻 simul8 · 2023-07-25 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.
Configuration tricks, tips, etc.