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1. "Word WORD the Difference"

   Just realised there is a difference between word and WORD in Vim.

   WORD is non-blank delimited by whitespace. word is …

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2. "Edit Octopress Posts"

   Creating new posts in Octopress is rake new_post["Edit Posts"] which outputs the created filename.

   Posts are prefixed with date …

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3. "Check you current Vim colorscheme"

   This is not a foolproof method, as vim colorschemes are just vim commands but by default they set:

   let g …

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4. "Vim: Status line"

   Deciding to see if I could make my vim status line a bit more practical for myself. I decided to …

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5. "VIM: Convert tabs to spaces"

   Good programming practice is to use spaces to indent code rather than tabs. Due to tabs often being rendered differently …

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6. "Terminal Colours"

   I have decided to clean up my vim colorschemes. I have been using ir_black for sometime but it does not …

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7. "Navigate Verilog with VIM"

   Using gf

   In your vimrc

   " gf goto_file, automatically add search for these file extensions
   :set suffixesadd+=.v
   :set suffixesadd+=.sv …

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8. "Vim Code Folding"

   To enable code folding in Vim type (from normal mode):

   :set foldmethod=marker
   

   Or add this to your .vimrc

   set …

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9. "Vim consistent spelling correction highlighting"

   In gvim and mvim incorrect spellings are highlighted with a squiggly underscore ala MS Word. vim in a terminal (xterm …

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10. "Get snipMate working, a #vim plugin"

    snipMate is a useful vim plugin which allows short cuts like for'tab' to be set up which will insert the …

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11. "#vim toggle between last 2 edited buffers"

    ctrl-6
    

    Demo

    For the example we will create 3 new temp files and then open them in vim.

    touch vim_test1 …

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12. "Vim Terminal Colours"

    I use the ir_black for vim (MacVim mainly). Recently have been doing a lot of work in the terminal over …

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13. "Vim, paste from insert mode"

    ctrl-r "
    

    Actually ctrl-r reg, where " is the unnamed register from the last yank or delete.

    Why

    If you have done …

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14. "Installing gist.vim"

    This vim plugin will allow you to gist directly from vim, simple way is just :Gist to gist entire file …

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15. "vimfu end of line character placement"

    In Vim to insert text before the cursor press 'i', to insert text after cursor 'a' or to edit at …

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16. "Vimfu Reindent"

    The latest addition to my .vimrc below, allows ;g to smart indent the current file. It is the same as …

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17. "Ruby Block Selection in Vim (Plugin)"

    A new very cool plugin for Rubyists using Vim. RubyBlock TextObjects created by Drew Neil from Vimcasts.org. Once installed …

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18. "[vim] Indenting with Vim "

    Vim is a great text editor but has quite a steep learning curve. VimCasts is a great podcast for learning …

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19. "Vim show lines over 80 charaters long."

    This snippet can be added to you ~/.vimrc to highlight long lines.

    " Highlight lines over 80 characters long with red …

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20. "Vim search and replace"

    To search in Vim just press (apple-f for macvim) / then search string.

    /search
    

    This will highlight all occurrences of 'search' …

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