Encrypt files using Vim

Vim comes with default encryption mechanism refereed as VimCrypt in the documentation. It is capable of writing files encrypted and read them back. Creating new encrypted file: vim -x <file> This will create new file if it is not exist or open an existing file and prompt for password. This password is used as key to encrypt and decrypt the file. Encrypt the current working file: :X You...

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Automate your Vim - The power of autocmd

1. Vim templates I often used to write sample C++ codes to test the functionality. But it is pain to add default code for every test code that I write. Vim has a brilliant solution for it. that is templates. Create some template files in any of the directory you wish, here I created ~/.vim/templates/skeleton.cpp that contains default c++ code i.e #include, using namespace std, main,..etc. Then...

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