vim you should know

If you use vim you should try these:

Use the file browser for local file management.

:browse e .

Equivalent to command line:

vim .

Use the file browser for remote file management.

:browse e scp://hostname/

Equivalent to command line:

vim scp://hostname/

Pipe to 'view -' instead of 'less' when you want syntax highlighting.

Side by side diff with editing

:e file_v1

:vert diffsplit file_v2

Equivalent to command line:

vimdiff -v file_v1 file_v2