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gq{movement} to wrap text, or just gq while in visual mode. gqap will format the current paragraph. is.gd/7Onk
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g< CTRL-G > to see technical information about the file, such as how many words are in it, or how many bytes it is. is.gd/9cYj
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:%s/[.!?]\_s\ \a/\U&\E/g will uppercase the first letter of each sentence (except the very first one). is.gd/4xZW
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:vimgrep /stext/ **/*.txt | :copen
searches for stext recursively in *.txt files and show results in separate window (via @danechkin)
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%s/^ \ n/ / to delete all empty lines (remove spaces from command!) (via @marekkubis)
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In gvim, change the cursor depending on what mode you are in (normal, insert, etc): is.gd/9dq0
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To search for a URL without backslashing, search backwards! Example: ?somestuff.com is.gd/4xZW
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Basic commands 'f' and 't' (like first and 'til) are very powerful. See :help t or :help f. is.gd/cCHy
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/\%>80v.\ with search highlighting (:set hlsearch) will highlight any text after column 80. is.gd/8ekT
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/< CTRL-r >< CTRL-w > will pull the word under the cursor into search. is.gd/7Onk
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" y to copy to the X11 (or Windows) clipboard. " p to paste from it. is.gd/9dkI
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ga will display the ASCII, hex, and octal value of the character under the cursor. is.gd/4xZW
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:40,50m30 will move lines 40 through 50 to line 30. Most visual mode commands can be used w/ line numbers. is.gd/cCHy
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