====== Vim Hacks ====== ===== Search&Replace n lines ===== Search and replace over next n lines If I copy and paste code in a windows/putty environment it often replaces tabs with space characters and I'd prefer to change these back. For example, to replace spaces with a tab in the next 20 lines: :.,+20s/\s\+/\t/ ===== Stop line wrap word break ===== Stop vim wrapping sentences in the middle of a word :set linebreak ===== Highlighting ===== I like to tweak the syntax highlighting and comment colours in vim. Create or add to ~/.vimrc. syntax on hi Comment ctermfg=darkgray ===== Window Title ===== I also find it useful, when I'm working in lots of xterms, for vim to change the window title to the filename I'm editing. Add these lines to ~/.vimrc: set titlestring=%f set title