Top "Vim" questions

Vim is a free and open-source modal text editor available for most major platforms.

Renaming the current file in Vim

How should I rename my current file in Vim? For example: I am editing person.html_erb_spec.rb I …

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Paste in insert mode?

Is it possible to paste in insert mode in Vim?

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Delete newline in Vim

Is there a way to delete the newline at the end of a line in Vim, so that the next …

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Changing Vim indentation behavior by file type

Could someone explain to me in simple terms the easiest way to change the indentation behavior of Vim based on …

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Go to beginning of line without opening new line in VI

For ages now I've used SHIFTO and SHIFT$ to move to the beginning and end of a line in vi. …

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Git commit in terminal opens VIM, but can't get back to terminal

Trying to learn GitHub at the moment and doing this Git essentials tutorial over at nettuts. I'm on the lesson …

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How I can delete in VIM all text from current line to end of file?

I have very large files (more than 10Gb). I need only some lines from the top of the file. Is …

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Go to first line in a file in vim?

How do I go to first line in a file in vim ?

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How do you delete all text above a certain line

How do you delete all text above a certain line. For deletion below a line I use "d shift g"

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vim - How to delete a large block of text without counting the lines?

In vim, I often find myself deleting (or copying) large blocks of text. One can count the lines of text …

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