Tip 19: Overwrite Existing Text with Replace Mode

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Example:

Overwrite Tab Characters with Virtual Replace Mode

gR: enter Virtual Replace Mode.

r{char}/gr{char}: overwrite a single character before switching straight back to Normal mode.

References:

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h r