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I have been using Vim for over 3 years and I didn't know about the whole line completion.

I think the best thing about Vim is that it will always keep surprising you. If only we could find a life partner like that, there won't be any divorces.



This is a little out of left field, but...

> If only we could find a life partner like that, there won't be any divorces.

Personally, I find that if you stop relying on your life partner to be the person you expect them to be or want them to be, then there won't be any divorces. This idea that you have to just find the right person and everything will be fine is pretty flawed and won't take you far. Sure, people are different, and you should find a good person you can get along with, but that's only the start. Any person will stop surprising you after a while, and you have to be prepared to start from there and still build something together. In other words, don't give up just because your partner is an emacs user.


I've been using Vim for over 14 years and never used whole line completion. It seems vaguely familiar like I might have seen it in the docs, but I've never thought "hey, I'm gonna look up the keystroke for whole line completion!"


Whole line completion is very useful when you write very repetitive languages.

In CSS, <C-x><C-l> is a gift of the gods.


Or maybe that's why there are so many divorces!




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