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VIM's Mantra of Minimalist Typing - Part One

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







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