VIM Tips

Last updated on 2005-02-10 at 22:03 GMT

This page contains useful tips for using vim, largely taken from the vim mailing list.

To convert a word under the cursor to upper/lower case:

viwU

v: visual
iw: inner word
U: convert to upper case

see also

u: convert to lower case
~: flip case

(Thanks to Johannes Zellner)

To paste while in insert or command mode:

Use <CTRL-R>" - ^R pastes from the named buffer, in this case the default cut buffer. Note that this only works in insert and command mode, in normal mode ^R does 'redo' (the opposite of 'undo').

(Thanks to Johannes Zellner)

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