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Tweaked (Neo)Vim keybindings

Published on November 04, 2025

After my list of the default (Neo)vim global and some personalized keybindings I use the most, here are few tweaks I made to some default keybindings to streamline my workflow.

Category	Command/Keybinding	Description
Motion	`Gzz`	Remapping `<CR>` to this command allows to jump to the line number you type in normal mode
	`gjzz`	Place the cursor line in the middle of the screen when moving down
	`gkzz`	Place the cursor line in the middle of the screen when moving up
	`<C-d>zz`	Place the cursor line in the middle of the screen when scrolling down
	`<C-u>zz`	Place the cursor line in the middle of the screen when scrolling up
Deletion	`[["_dd]]`	Delete entire line without saving the text in the default buffer
	`[["_d0]]`	Delete until the bginning of the line without saving the text in the default buffer
	`[["_D]]`	Delete through the end of the line without saving the text in the default buffer
Selection	`0v$`	Select the entire line
	`v$`	Select text through the end of the line
Spelling	`:set spell!`	Toggle spell checker
	`:set spell spelllang=XX`	Toggle spell checker language (where `XX` is the language abbreviation)
Tmux	`:!tmux display-popup`	Open a tmux popup window (see `man tmux` to use options like width and height)

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