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Doing . repeats the last change. Doing 2. repeats the last change two times.
But imagine I want to repeat the change before the last one. How do I do it in Vim?
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vim Normal mode commands (Editing) Repeat the Last Change Your cursor will be at position 1 of line 1, and all you need to do to fix the next two lines is press j. twice - that is, j to move down a line and . to repeat the last change, which was the addition of the I .
The " @: " command repeats the last command-line change (a command invoked with " : ", for example :s/old/new/ ). You can move the cursor before using either of the repeat commands. Suppose you press dd to delete a line. Next, you might move the cursor, then press 5.
Entering colon : then ctrl+p shows your previous command, i.e., moving backward through your vim command history. ctrl+n moves forward. This is very convenient if you're used to using the command line and prefer not to change your keyboard hand positioning to use arrow keys.
Don't think you can, see :help . However, what you can do is to record a macro for your edits, you have a lot of registers to choose from {0-9a-zA-Z"} (uppercase to append). Then use e.g. @u for edit 1, @t for edit 2 and so on.
Great tips about recording from Best of VIM Tips
" Recording (BEST TIP of ALL) qq # record to q your complex series of commands q # end recording @q to execute @@ to Repeat 5@@ to Repeat 5 times qQ@qq : Make an existing recording q recursive *N* " editing a register/recording "qp :display contents of register q (normal mode) <ctrl-R>q :display contents of register q (insert mode) " you can now see recording contents, edit as required "qdd :put changed contacts back into q @q :execute recording/register q Have a look at these for more hints for repeating:
:& last substitute :%& last substitute every line :%&gic last substitute every line confirm g% normal mode repeat last substitute g& last substitute on all lines @@ last recording @: last command-mode command :!! last :! command :~ last substitute :help repeating If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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