Guide to Create and Set the Custom Vim Statusline

To set the custom statusline first enable it using the set laststatus=2 command and then use the statusline command to set the status.

Cut, Copy and Paste in Vim

In this quick Vim tip, learn about cutting and copying-pasting.

Powerline Adds Statuslines and Prompts to Vim and Bash Shell

Learn how to install Powerline and Powerline fonts as well as how to use Bash and Vim under RHEL-based and Debian-based distributions.
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How to Edit Remote Files With Vim on Linux

Vim is one of the best, highly configurable text editors. This tutorial explains how to edit remote files with Vim on Linux systems.
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Pop!_OS Is Working on a New Text Editor Based on Vim, VS Code

System76 has been busy adding things to its upcoming COSMIC DE on Pop!_OS; it recently shared what it was up to for the month of February.
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Vim Spell Check

Practical tutorial on how to enable the Vim spell-check feature using the commands that allow us to navigate through the misspelled words along with examples.

Vimrc Tutorial

Tutorial on the customization of the Vim editor in the .vimrc configuration file using different configuration settings, programming language, file types.

How to Install the Vim Plugins

Guide on the method to install the Vim plugins in Linux to add a functionality to the text editor using the plugin manager by implementing practical examples.

Vim Split Screen

In this article, we will show you several ways to split the Vim window into separate workspaces both horizontally as well as vertically.

Vim Undo and Redo howto

After going through this guide, you will have enough knowledge of using “Undo” and “Redo” operations in the Linux Mint “Vim” editor.

Vim Tutorial for Beginners

Vim has a staggering number of features and functions hidden behind keyboard shortcuts and commands. Learn how to navigate them here.
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Mastering the Art of Vim: Five Tips to Improve Your Nerdiness

While Vim’s future prevalence is debated, the consensus remains that it provides a powerful development environment. Here are five useful tips and tricks to improve your nerdiness and powerfully traverse text documents and code.
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How to Password Protect Files Using Vim Editor in Ubuntu

Vim is one of the most powerful and popular open-source command-line text editors. It is highly extensible and offers a lot of features that make it the top choice for most Linux users. Among many other useful features, Vim has the ability to encrypt f…

How to Create Macros in VIM for Repetitive Tasks

Comprehensive tutorial on how to create macros on the VIM Editor in Ubuntu 22.04 and how to create a sequence of numbers in VIM using macros.

Vim Redo Command

This is a tutorial on “redo” and “undo” commands in the Vim editor. It removes the changes made by “undo” and take you to the original state.

How to Install Latest Vim 9.0 on Ubuntu Based Linux Distributions

This quick tutorial shows the steps for installing the latest version of Vim on Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

How to Set the Vim Background Colors in Linux

Vim is an exceptional and widely used terminal-based text editor in the Linux community. Learn how to set Vim background colors in Linux here.
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Vim 9.0 Released, Introduces the New Vim9 Scripting Language

After two and a half years of development, Vim 9.0 is now available, firmly focused on the new Vim9 scripting language capabilities.
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What’s the Difference Between Vi and Vim Editors

In the course of this transition, we find ourselves leaning more and more towards this operating system’s non-graphical user interface. Reason? The Linux OS environment hosts numerous computing tools associated with it. This non-graphical user interfac…

Introduction to Powerline the Statusline Plugin for VIM

Vim is one of the most used and well-known text editors on Linux and other Unix-based operating systems. It is free and open-source software, based on the original Vi editor (Vim stands for Vi IMproved) and mainly developed by Bram Moolenaar. The editor can be set up by editing the ~/.vimrc configuration file, and by […]

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