Vim Commands

Vi and Vim Editor: 12 Powerful Find and Replace Examples

by SathiyaMoorthy on April 27, 2009

Vim Editor Search and Replace Syntax
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This article is part of the on-going Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Vim is commonly mentioned as text editor, not text creator. Why ? Because we spend lot of time editing an existing text than creating new text.  In the text editing, text/pattern substitutions becomes a vital part.

In this article, let us review how to perform both basic and advanced text and pattern substitution features in Vi and Vim Editor. These features are explained using 12 very practical and powerful text substitution examples.
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Vim Editor: How to Correct Spelling Mistakes Automatically

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 12, 2009

Vim Automatic Typo Correction
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This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. I tend to make simple spelling mistakes while writing, as English is not my first language. Wouldn’t be nice if Vim editor can do the spelling correction automatically as you make a typo?

Note: I wish someone from Nayv Navy football team read this article. Oh well, that would’ve still not fixed their problem.

In this article, let us review how to correct spelling mistakes automatically inside Vim editor.

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8 Essential Vim Editor Navigation Fundamentals

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 6, 2009

Vim Vi Editor Navigation Fundamentals
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This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Navigation is a vital part of text editing. To be very productive, you should be aware of all possible navigation shortcuts in your editor. In this article, let us review the following 8 Vi / Vim navigation options.

  1. Line navigation
  2. Screen navigation
  3. Word navigation
  4. Special navigation
  5. Paragraph navigation
  6. Search navigation
  7. Code navigation
  8. Navigation from command line

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How To Add Bookmarks Inside Vim Editor

by Ramesh Natarajan on February 9, 2009

Building with Bookmarks
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This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Mark is a bookmarking feature inside Vim editor, where you can bookmark a particular line and later return to it quickly.  If you are using Vim editor regularly, this simple technique of using bookmarks will sky-rocket your productivity.

There are two types of bookmarks in Vim — local and global.
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