VIM show unsaved
In order to show unsaved changes in file with VIM editor use:
:w !diff % -
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vim tricks
The super star and sharp
In normal mode you can use * and # to search for a word under the cursor.
* searches forward for the word, while # searches backwards.
vim extra space when copy
Turn off adding spaces to newline when copy to vim
:set paste
revert with:set nopaste
VIM search and replace
Find and replace all occurences of item foo for item bar in text:%s/foo/bar/g
or with escape character
this will replace /foo/bar with /foo/bar2:%s,foo/bar,foo/bar2,g
VIM update first 2 characters
Remove first 2 characters, no matter what they are:%normal 2x
Remove first 2 characters, only if they are spaces:%s/^ /
Add 2 whitespaces at the beggining of selected lines'<,'>s!^! !