Posts Tagged “Vim”

Open large files in Vim with care

If you want to load a large file in Vim you should disable the swap file to speed things up. It’s simple to do as well: Vim -n file.txt If a file is over 4096K or so and I have enough system RAM (not usually a problem) I’ll do it this way as it avoids [...]

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Vim's cursor keys work in Mac OS X again

export TERM=linux Ever since my Macbook died and was fixed again Vim hasn’t worked properly in iTerm. I’m a big fan of SSH and Screen. SSH to connect to a remote server, and Screen is like a workspace organiser for your SSH session. First of all the backspace key worked in Vim even when not [...]

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