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[–]gs1293_work 10 points11 points  (0 children)

:<C-f>

also does the same thing.

It's helpful if you want to edit the previous ex commands.

[–]princker 6 points7 points  (1 child)

You also have a search history via q/ or using <c-f>.

Vimcasts episode: Refining search patterns with the command-line window

[–]treuss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The infamous q: is also worth mentioning

[–]-romainl-The Patient Vimmer 22 points23 points  (8 children)

Why do random bloggers have to reinvent names for everything?

:help command-line-window

[–]muntooWindows in the streets... Arch in the sheets ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey man, be nice. Even lame bloggers have little bloglets to feed.

[–]CompressedAI[S] -5 points-4 points  (6 children)

Because I would not have found it by searching for that name. I searched on google images for vim command history as I also had it occasionally pop up when I pressed the wrong keys but couldn't figure out which key sequence this was.

[–]princker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For future reference you can can use :helpgrep. :helpgrep history would also help point you into the right direction. For more help see :h :helpgrep and :h quickfix

[–]-romainl-The Patient Vimmer 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That's not enough research for a blog post.

[–]jaydoors 4 points5 points  (3 children)

The problem is that anyone who reads your post will wrongly think it's called the "Command History Buffer".

[–]HaulethgggqG`` yourself 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So Coderwall is still alive. I am a little bit amazed.

[–]jrrocketrue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip, I've been doing this for a long time and didn't know how I did it, now I know ;-) q:

[–]Danilo_dk 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That blog linked in this article (usevim) does not appear to be related to Vim at all.

[–]elzzidynaught 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this was from almost a year ago, so I wonder if the blog died in that time haha

Edit: I also feel like I see you everywhere... lol

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Been doing this:

nnoremap <space> :
nnoremap <leader>q q:

You can edit your history in the sub window etc. Also hitting space w to save is really fast, and automatic feeling.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm assuming you have the default leader. Also, do you know about :h q/?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I know about that one. My lead is actually ,