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  1. tuxfight3r created this gist Mar 25, 2025.
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    " *** TIPS ***

    "MARKERS:
    " ma
    " mb
    " :
    " 'a,'bs/test/foo/g

    "BUFFERS / TABS:
    " :e | :tabe filename - open the file to buffer or to tab
    " :ls | :tabs - show opened / available buffers
    " :b <n> - select the buffer in current pane

    " REGISTERS:
    " "ayy - yank a text into a register. register [a-z]
    " "ap - paste a text into a register. register [a-z]
    " :reg - show all registers

    "COMMAND WINDOW:
    " q: #to open and select the line
    " : #press enter twice to run that command
    " ctrl-c # to close the window
    " :r file_name - read a file contents to the buffer
    " :r !command - reads the command output to the buffer
    " :5r!command - reads the command output to the buffer after 5th line
    " :w !command - writing buffer text into a command
    " writes the buffer text from the given range into a command
    " :3,$w !awk '{sum+=$1}END{print sum}' - line 3 - till end

    "REGEX:
    " %s/\(.*\)/Hello \1/g
    " %s/\v^%(foo){1,3}(.+)bar$/\1/ #help :h \v

    "SPLIT WINDOWS:
    " :split - ctrl-w to switch windows
    " :vsplit - ctrl-w to switch windows
    " :resize or resize 20 - full or 20lines in the current pane
    " :vertical resize or vertical resize 20 - full or 20lines in the current pane
    " ctrl + o - max the window
    " ctrl + r|R - swap the windows
    " ctrl + w w or direction( L|R|U|D) - select the active pane

    "NERD TREE:
    " m - menu | ctrl-n for toggle
    " press key t, i, s - opens files in newtab, hsplit or vsplit

    "FOLD TRICK:
    " zf#j - # n no of line - zf2j (2 lines)
    " v {select lines} + zf - visual select fold
    " zf/<word> - till the next occurance of the word from cursor (fold a block of lines))
    " zo - open the fold at the cursor
    " zc - close the fold at the cursor
    " zd - deletes the fold at the cursor
    " za - Toggle the fold at the cursor

    " RECORD AND REPLAY MACROS:
    " change records alternately in a file
    " qa - record in the register a
    " j - jump to next line
    " 0 - move to beginning
    " cwcase - change the word with case
    " esc - exit out of insert mode
    " j - jump to next line
    " 0 - move to beginning
    " q - stop the recording
    " @a or 10@a - replay the macro n no of times

    " MODELINE MAGIC:
    " \ml - Insert the modeline magic
    "
    " WINDOWS SWAP:
    " \yw - yank Window
    " \pw - paste window

    " vim: set ft=vim ts=4 sw=2 tw=78 sts=2 noet :