I am working with two files, and I need to copy a few lines from one file and paste them into another file. I know how to copy (yy) and paste (p) in the same file. But that doesn't work for different

Vim has an incredible amount of flexibility and power and, if you're like most vim users, you'll learn a lot of new commands and forget old ones, then relearn them. The built-in help is good and worthy of …

Jun 1, 2025 · And in case you accidentally used the vim global variable in the code that wasn't related to neovim (and thus had no such global variable), you don't want to ignore this warning. For more …

Dec 29, 2016 · I've a hard time understanding signs I see in my text editor Vim. I see signs like ^@ and ^A and ^M and ^F. What does this mean? Is there any structured list of these signs and their …

May 24, 2017 · Vim has extensive built-in help, type Esc:help Return to open it. This answer was inspired by the other one, originally authored by @dirvine and edited by other SO users. I've included …

Jul 13, 2017 · g is a prefix to several commands. e.g. goto to move the cursor, but also gqip to format a paragraph. Where is the reference for all commands that are prefixed with g?

Unlike other editors, Vim stores copied text in its own clipboard. So, it's very hard for me to copy some text from a webpage and paste it into the current working file. It so happens I have to eit...

Jul 10, 2023 · I know the regex for doing a global replace, %s/old/new/g How do you go about doing an interactive search-replace in Vim?

Mar 10, 2017 · Some of Vim's command names are obtuse to me and seem to have multiple aliases. It's easier for me to remember things if I know the reason they are used so... What does :wq stand for, if …

Sep 10, 2008 · Starting vim with a -o or -O flag opens each file in its own split. With all these I don't need tabs in Vim, and my fingers find my buffers, not my eyes. Note: if you want all files to go to the same …