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These Vim tricks will save your life

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1 points by starrhorne 12 years ago · 2 comments · 1 min read

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Feel like you're fighting your editor? Like the simple act of moving code from your head to the screen takes forever? Using Vim is a good start. But are you using it as effectively as you could be? Do you spend seconds - SECONDS! - scrolling through code? Do you manage your plugins by hand? Do you use the "mouse?" Check out these handy vim tips!

shortlived 12 years ago

Ctrl-c is NOT equivalent to ESC. Yes, it lets you switch modes but you loose out other important actions. See :help for more details.

Edit: Here's a short explanation of the options http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5030164/whats-the-differe...

johncoltrane 12 years ago

Wow, that was empty.

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