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Create ASCII drawings inside Vim EditorYou can create line drawings in Vim editor using the Vim DrawIt! plugin. You can draw flow charts, ER diagrams, or any other diagrams that can be created as line drawing inside a text editor using this plugin.

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Vim editor Increment or Decrement Numbers and DateFrom Vim editor, move your cursor to a number and press Ctrl+A to increase the number or Ctrl+X to decrease the number.

  • Ctrl+A to increase the number under cursor
  • Ctrl+X to decrease the number under cursor

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Vi and Vim Editor MRU List for Unix and LinuxAlmost all applications have the ability to display Most Recently Used (MRU) documents.

Vim editor by default does not have this feature. But using MRU.vim plugin, you can use the most recently used (opened and edited) files inside Vim editor as explained below.

This article is part of the on-going Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series.

This article explains how to install the MRU.vim plugin in 2 easy steps. This also explains about 7 powerful feature of the Most Recently Used Plugin. This will definitely change the way how you use Vim editor.

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Make Vim as Your Bash-IDE Using bash-support Plugin

by Ramesh Natarajan on February 19, 2009

Vim Bash IDE PluginThis post is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a Linux sysadmin or programmer, you may do following repetitive tasks while coding bash shell script:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The bash-Support Vim plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes.
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Tutorial: Make Vim as Your C/C++ IDE Using c.vim Plugin

by SathiyaMoorthy on January 28, 2009

Vim as C/C++ IDE
This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The C-Support Vim Plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes for C and C++ programmers.

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Make Vim as Your Perl IDE Using perl-support.vim Plugin

by Ramesh Natarajan on January 5, 2009

Perl Vim LogoThis is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa

The Perl-Support Vim Plugin – Perl-IDE offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes.

The plugin was written by Fritz Mehner, who explains the purpose of the plugin as: “Write and run Perl-scripts using menus and hot keys”.

This article explains how to install the plugin in 3 easy steps and 7 powerful features of the plugin.
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