Subj : Re: 2wk vim challenge
To   : Nelgin
From : candycane
Date : Fri Aug 18 2023 20:42:16

  Re: 2wk vim challenge
  By: Nelgin to candycane on Thu Aug 17 2023 10:58 pm

 Ne> Most of those you can prefix with a number for example

Yea I knew

 Ne> 80i.<ESCAPE> will insert 80 dots. This is really useful if you have a wide
 Ne> terminal but want to make something that's 80 columns.

Pretty neat

 Ne> CTRL-V CTRL-whatever. For example ^V^A will insert a CTRL-A (ascii 1) into
 Ne> your file. CTRL Vx followed by two hex characters will insert that hex
 Ne> value. 

Found that out by accident :)

 Ne> :%s/this/that/g will replace eveything in the file. Use ^ to match the
 Ne> start of line so

 Ne> :%s/^abc/def/g will replace all entries on all lines that start with abc
 Ne> with def.

Knew that, simple ed carryover

 Ne> You can use :set hlsearch or :set nohlsearch so when you use / to search,
 Ne> it'll highlight any matches or not.

 Ne> One last time, if you are using a dark background terminal and can't see
 Ne> blue on black, try :set bg=dark and it'll change the colors to make them
 Ne> easier to see.

Pretty neat switches!

 Ne> To make some of these permanent, you can create a .vimrc file in your home
 Ne> directory with a list of comamnds like

Been too lazy to :D

 Ne> vi file +nn where nn is a line number, it'll take you right to that line.
 Ne> You can use :nn to jump to a line number so :65 will take you to line 65.
 Ne> :5-10w newfile

So cool!

candycane

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