Ancestors

Written by Alec :tux: 🇦🇺 👨‍💻 on 2024-03-15 at 00:44

Now I've repented of my sins and gone back to #Vim #Neovim I am rediscovering my favourite motion commands.

Today's example

y%

yanks the current block delimited by the char under the cursor e.g. (,[,{

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Toot

Written by Alec :tux: 🇦🇺 👨‍💻 on 2024-03-16 at 07:15

And today's #Vim #Neovim command "de jour" is

z=

to spell check the word under the cursor (because I write a lot of text)

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Descendants

Written by Alec :tux: 🇦🇺 👨‍💻 on 2024-03-17 at 03:55

Today's #Vim #NeoVim tip is a feature rather than a single command.

Use marks

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https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Using_marks

Amongst other things, they help you jump around a file and move arbitrary lines of text with ease. e.g.

1. find 1st line of interest and create a mark with "ma"

2. Locate end of text block

3. Delete the text block with ":`a,.d"

4. Goto new location and hit "p"

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