Day 3: delete

While we have the common dd, x or d{motion} like dap to delete a paragraph or daw to delete a word, there are less known ones.

When you do a 'd' like 'dap' to delete a paragraph, Vim copies it in the _yank_ register, overwriting what you have copied before.

To avoid that, use the "black hole register":

"_d{motion}

"_dd will delete the line without storing it.

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Some other tips:

:g/foo/d " delete lines containing foo
:v/foo/d " delete lines NOT containing foo
:g/^$/d " delete all empty lines
da( " delete a pair of parentheses and content
di" " delete inside quotes
da{ " delete a block with braces
d2ap " delete two paragraphs
dtX " delete until character `X`
dfX " delete through character `X`
dT/ dF " same but backward

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:1,.d " delete from top to current line
:%d " delete the entire file
:/foo/,/bar/d " delete from the first match of foo to first match of bar

d3w " delete three words
dG " delete to end of file
dgg " delete to beginning of file

There are so many great ways to edit your files with #Vim

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Day 4: Numbers

Everybody knows Ctrl-a to increment a number, and Ctrl-x to decrement a number. Just put the cursor on the line of a number and hit, the keys! Ma - gic !

Another thing that you may want to try:

- open a file
- type:

0
0
0
0
0
0

- then Ctrl-v or V to select the lines "visually"
- hit the keys: g Ctrl-a
- Enjoy the result:

0
1
2
3
4
5

It works also if you do with two or more zeros (00, 000, etc)

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I am using it primarily with modal editors. Now #Helix, used to be #Neovim. Works really well with both. Even though the layout is completely different, in modal editors I just reach for the right letter. The only exception are hjkl for movement, but I have arrow keys mapped on homerow in the same way. Not only I don't have trouble with my muscle memory in vim/hx but I also brought it to all other applications :D

https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/keyboards.html#matrix-keyboards

https://github.com/foostan/crkbd/blob/main/docs/corne-cherry/v3/buildguide_en.md

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(I know that I am ignoring other Vis and the standard editor)

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