How to open and edit a *.gz file within vim (with auto unzip/zip)

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steveyang picture steveyang · Apr 3, 2012 · Viewed 62.3k times · Source

Is it possible to auto unzip/zip *.gz files within vim?

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Filip picture Filip · Apr 3, 2012

My vim installation does this by default.

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15) on OpenSUSE 12.1

Also, check this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=902668

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