Below are some various things I actually use... and not all of the junk in my vimrc I don't actually use. Plugins: https://github.com/tmhedberg/matchit https:

Below are some various things I actually use... and not all of the junk in my vimrc I don't actually use. Plugins: https://github.com/tmhedberg/matchit https://github.com/tmhedberg/matchit https://github.com/tpope/vim-sleuth https://github.com/tpope/vim-sleuth https://github.com/tpope/vim-repeat https://github.com/tpope/vim-repeat https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim (also see https://jesseleite.com/posts/2/its-dangerous-to-vim-alone-take-fzf https://jesseleite.com/posts/2/its-dangerous-to-vim-alone-ta... ) Some snippets: https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore#change-cursor-style-dependent-on-mode https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore#change-cursor-style-depe... https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore#saner-behavior-of-n-and-n https://github.com/mhinz/vim-galore#saner-behavior-of-n-and-... and a similar snippet: " consistent direction regardless of initial charsearch direction for ; and , nnoremap <expr> ; ',;'[getcharsearch().forward] nnoremap <expr> , ';,'[getcharsearch().forward] I use my arrow keys for buffer navigation in normal mode: nnoremap <up> :Buffers<cr> nnoremap <down> :b#<cr> nnoremap <left> :bp<cr> nnoremap <right> :bn<cr> ...and disable them in insert mode: inoremap <down> <nop> inoremap <left> <nop> inoremap <right> <nop> inoremap <up> <nop>