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What’s a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim?

I have a Ruby code file open in vi, there are lines commented out with #: class Search < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up # ...

April 13, 2022
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How does the vim “write with sudo” trick work?

Many of you have probably seen the command that allows you to write on a file that needs root permission, even when you ...

April 11, 2022
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Vim clear last search highlighting

Want to improve this post? Provide detailed answers to this question, including citations and an explanation of why your answer is correct. without ...

April 10, 2022
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How to replace a character by a newline in Vim

I’m trying to replace each , in the current file by a new line: :%s/,/\n/g But it inserts what looks like a ^@ ...

April 10, 2022
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Indent multiple lines quickly in vi

It should be trivial, and it might even be in the help, but I can’t figure out how to navigate it. How do ...

April 10, 2022
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How do I exit the Vim editor?

I’m stuck and cannot escape. It says: "type :quit<Enter> to quit VIM" But when I type that it simply appears in the object ...

April 9, 2022
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