Edit a temporary copy of the current file Edit History Talk0 1,599pages on this wiki Please review this tip: This tip was imported from vim.org and needs general review. You might clean up comments or merge similar tips. Add suitable categories so people can find the tip. Please avoid the discussion page (use the Comments section below for notes). If the tip contains good advice for current Vim, remove the {{review}} line. Tip 567 Printable Monobook Previous Next created 2003 · complexity basic · author mosh · version 6.0 Edit a copy of the current file as $TMP/file-$DATE by pressing zs using the following mapping. :map zs :exe "sav $TMP/" . expand("%:t") . strftime("-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")<CR> CommentsEdit Read more I love using the visual block feature to move columns around (, blockwise-visual... Add trailing blanks to lines for easy visual blocks When I use Vim I have multiple windows open which are all maximized after becoming active, see... Always keep quickfix window at specified height I often use Vim with the xml.vim plugin script from Devin Weaver script#301 for html/xml... Auto end-quote html/xml attribute values as you type in insert mode Categories: Review VimTip Add category Cancel Save