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Re:Ask HN: What is one Vim trick most people don't know? by vikin9 on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:47AM (#17423259)
:norm(al) command Allows you to do some of the vim magic also on remote systems where you don't have all your plugins.

Example:

(1) Select block with `C-v`

(2) Hit colon `:`

(3) Write norm and enter any sequence as you would be in normal mode: `norm I# ` (prepend selection with a comment sign)

(4) Admire the result.

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Re:Ask HN: What is one Vim trick most people don't know? by Brometheus on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:23AM (#17423634)
yes, awesome!!!
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