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Re:From VS Code to Helix by wuhhh on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @01:00PM (#45749696)
Right back at you, that’s super neat!
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Re:From VS Code to Helix by whatevertrevor on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @10:44PM (#45755880)
Let me add my third way of doing this in vim:

    :%s/<CTRL-R><CTRL-W>/replacement/(gcn)
As you can guess <CTRL-W> invokes a special register that contains the "word" currently under the cursor.
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