I would like to do this – Open a file, say a.txt in vim. Then, do ctrl+z, which will take me back to the terminal, and hide vim in background. While I am in the terminal, now I would like to open b.txt in a new tab, right next to a.txt. Then, I could do … Read more
When using the open file dialog on Eclipse, many file types open in the internal editor as expected (.java, .txt). However, others open in an external editor. For example on my system attempting to open .sh file causes it to open it in emacs, and .py files open in bluefish. How do I tell eclipse … Read more
Is there a way to edit a file if there are no vi, vim, joe, mcedit? In another words is there a way to edit a file using just the shell commands? Answer In that instance, I’d try transferring files out and editing them on another computer, then transfer them back. If you have ssh, … Read more
I want to yank multiple lines in a single register in vim, to easily paste different text templates in a document. For example, “iyy yanks only the the current line, if I try to select multiple lines in visual-mode, it isn’t written into the register. Any suggestions? Answer Use 3Y to yank 3 lines into … Read more
I usually use Notepad++ for programming, but recently I started doing some writing in it as well. Writing usually involves long paragraphs with no line breaks, and currently those are displayed in one row, which is extremely inconvenient. How can I get N++ to to split lines? I believe that the option is called “split … Read more
If code.txt (or whatever file) is edited and saved I have two ideas of how a PC would handle the process: The PC deletes code.txt completely and makes a new code.txt (edited version) from scratch. The PC edits part of hex of code.txt. So no delete happens. Which idea represents how computers work? Answer Could … Read more
For example, if I have four lines as follows: the first line the second line the third line the fourth line I want to reverse them to the fourth line the third line the second line the first line How could I do this in Vim? Answer To reverse all the lines in a file, … Read more
There is the shortcut Shift+Del to delete a line, but I want to delete the line without modifying what is in the clipboard. Is there some way to configure it or another shortcut? Answer By default, if you are using the C# default profile, you can delete a line using Ctrl + Shift + L. … Read more
Microsoft Excel’s undo / redo feature behaves unlike any other program I know. The undo stack seems to be global across all open files, so that undoing sometimes switches to another file and undoes something you didn’t want to undo. And if an edit you want to undo was before an edit in another file, … Read more
