daily nvim #2

Insert literal key combination

:h i_CTRL-V
:h i_CTRL-Q

When trying to write a :normal command for decrementing a number found on every line, I ran into the issue of trying to enter CTRL-X as part of the inputs. I tried

:norm <c-x>
:norm "\<c-x>"
:exe "normal \<c-x>"

but none of it worked.

I took a look around and it turns out the CTRL-V command in insert mode will eat the next command sent and put it's text representation into the buffer. Great!

One last issue though, my terminal emulator eats the CTRL-V command and just pastes whatever is in my OS clipboard. Luckily, a lot of people have had this issue, and you can use the backup CTRL-Q instead.

> So by entering:
:norm ctrl-q ctrl-x

> You get:
:norm <c-x>

> Giving me the final command:
:%norm ^2f,l<c-x>

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