[Tipz] Expansions on the Vim Command Line

[Ian Langworth]

Hopefully you have a key that swaps you to the last file editing
and position you were in that file. It might look like this:

    :map = <Esc>:e#<CR>

'#' is "replaced with the alternate file name." Additionally,
'%' becomes the current file name and '<cword>' is the word
under the cursor. See ':help cmdline-special' for more info.

For example, say you're working with code and you want to search
for all instances of the function name your cursor is on in
a single keystroke:

    :nmap <F8> :!grep -r <cword> /path/to/codebase

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Ian Langworth
Project Guerrilla
Northeastern University
College of Computer and Information Science