Vim provides a variety of auto-completion features to do all your typing. To invoke the right one for the task is key to achieve " vim's mantra of minimalist typing" . All the below commands work on vanilla vim; no additional plugins are needed. The Basic Ones: Completing or Pasting from a register Ctrl-r <register> Inserting last inserted text Ctrl-a inserting last inserted text Copying characters above the cursor. Ctrl-y copying characters above the cursor
Most of the time, having multiple splits in a window is necessary. But at times its a distraction. There is also a need not to close all other splits in the window; so as, not to lose the context. Below is a neat trick to zoom-in and zoom-out the splits. noremap Zz <c-w>_ \| <c-w>\| noremap Zo <c-w>= The commands won't close any buffers like Ctrl-w + o would. Explanation of the commands: Ctrl-w + | Set current window width to N (default: widest possible). Ctrl-w + _ Set current window height to N (default: highest possible). Ctrl-w + = Make all windows (almost) equally high and wide. Resource: :help window-resize