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Vim tips: Folding fun

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The problem with writing and editing on a computer, versus having words on paper, is that it's usually hard to compare text from different sections of a document when they don't fit on the screen together. One way to do it is to use Vim's viewports feature. Another is to "fold" the text. Using Vim's folding features, you can tuck away portions of a file's text so that they're out of sight until you want to work with them again. Here's how.

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mvermeer ·
Makes moving large blocks of code a snap.

Only, it isn't supported for C or C++ under version 6... but the version 7 syntax file (c.vim) will work also if you drop it into v.6, and it supports folding... for both C and C++.

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