How do I do redo (i.e. "undo undo") in Vim?

vim undo redo
flybywire picture flybywire · Oct 12, 2009 · Viewed 307.6k times · Source

In Vim, I did too much undo. How do I undo this (that is, redo)?

Answer

John Millikin picture John Millikin · Oct 12, 2009

Ctrl+r

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