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Move entire line up and down in Vim

In Notepad++, I can use Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down to move the current line up and down. Is there a …

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How to expand/collapse a diff sections in Vimdiff?

I've started using vimdiff today, and wanted to do some of the things that I've taken for granted on Windows …

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Setting up Vim for Python

I really like the Emacs editor for Python because of it's smart tabbing for instance if I have something like …

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How do I set the default font size in Vim?

I am trying to configure the default settings for my GUI with Vim. I already made research on the web, …

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How can I convert spaces to tabs in Vim or Linux?

I've looked over several questions on Stack Overflow for how to convert spaces to tabs without finding what I need. …

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How to convert all text to lowercase in Vim

How do you convert all text in Vim to lowercase? Is it even possible?

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Vim: faster way to select blocks of text in visual mode

I have been using vim for quite some time and am aware that selecting blocks of text in visual mode …

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How do I install a plugin for vim?

I'd like to try the plugin for Vim linked below. It adds syntax highlighting for .haml and (perhaps) .sass files. …

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How do I join two lines in vi?

I have two lines in a text file like below: S<Switch_ID>_F<File type> _…

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How to paste yanked text into the Vim command line

I'd like to paste yanked text into Vim's command line. Is it possible?

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