The Path to Zen

Open a file in an existing gvim instance

(David Fishburn)

@set vim_instance=GVIM
@rem Override it if necessary
if %2. NEQ . set vim_instance=%2
start gvim.exe --servername %vim_instance% --remote-silent %1


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Indent without leaving insert mode

Either of the following:

1. CTRL-T, and CTRL-D (:h i_CTRL-T to see some more interesting usage of those two keys.)
2. CTRL-O >>, and CTRL-O <<

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‘gv’ reselects selections

I definitely need to memorize this tip – always felt frustrated having to go back and do the whole selecting again!

(Bowie Bailey)
You can also use ‘gv’ to reselect the previously highlighted region.
This way you can do multiple operations on the same region without
having to manually re-select it each time.

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