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How to replace text between quotes in vi

Say I have this line of code: $query = "SELECT * FROM table"; Is there a command in vi/vim which can …

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vi to delete from the beginning of the line till the cursor

How can we use vim to delete characters from the beginning of the line till the cursor. Say, we have …

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In Vim/Vi, how do you move the cursor to the end of the previous word?

In Vim's normal mode: e goes to the end of the next word w goes to the beginning of the …

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How to search a string with spaces and special characters in vi editor

I edit in the vi editor. I want to search in the text for a specific phrase, e.g "Dec 1 15:13:00". …

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Will Emacs make me a better programmer?

Steve Yegge wrote a comment on his blog: All of the greatest engineers in the world use Emacs. The world-changer …

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Best way to insert timestamp in Vim?

EditPad Lite has a nice feature (CTRL-E, CTRL-I) which inserts a time stamp e.g. "2008-09-11 10:34:53" into your code. …

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Error opening terminal: xterm-256color

When I try to nano something on my server I'm getting this error "Error opening terminal: xterm-256color." that I've …

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Package(Plugin) Management for Vim

Emacs 24 looks like it will have a package manager. What package management options are there for Vim?

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How to write a VIM color scheme?

I have been looking around for VIM color schemes and found some great ones out there (esp. by using http://…

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How to generate a number sequence in file using vi or Vim?

Is there a way to generate a number sequence in vi or Vim? For example, for an arbitrary range of …

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