Sep 16, 2008 · If you follow the link to |pattern|, it takes you to the section that explains the whole regexp patterns used in Vim. Meanwhile, |sub-replace-special| takes you to the subsection of …

Dec 8, 2008 · Behind the scenes, Vim uses \r (carriage returns) to save End-Of-Lines (regardless of the fileformat, which only matters when the file is being read or written). Vim uses \n to …

Jul 21, 2013 · After much headbanging I'm adding this here even though it's an old question: to insert a literal CR character from a :s command, you must precede it with a backslash or else …

Maximizing the utility of commands like c, y, and d that take motions requires having a good grasp of text-objects (type help text-objects in vim. These aren't in vi.) Because r takes a character …

Jun 2, 2012 · <C-R> overall is just just used to insert something from a buffer/register. Registers are accessed through " , and <C-R> gives you a way to use any of the registers available in …

May 15, 2012 · Is there a way to make \\n or \\r characters visible in vim? (I want to be able to see if the csv file I am looking at uses just \\n or \\r and \\n at the end of lines.

May 9, 2011 · %s/\r/\r/g It looks like if it is doing nothing, but in regular expressions and double-quoted strings carriage returns are represented using \r and line feeds with \n, while in the …

Mar 3, 2014 · Why <special keys>?. While you can use literal keys in mapping definitions (the Enter key would appear as ^M, or even just as an additional new line, depending on the …

Jul 10, 2013 · The strong quotes around the substitution operator 's/\r//' are essential. Without them the shell will interpret \r as an escape+r and reduce it to a plain r, and remove all lower …

Nov 9, 2017 · Has anyone been able to enable or use vim mode in RStudio? I'm using a new version of RStudio, (3.3.2 (2016-10-31)). The only instructions are from three or four years …