In Neovim, C-y and C-e insert the same character as the column above or below the cursor in Insert mode

hungariantoast
2026-02-20T22:15:27Z

Thought this was neat. Wanted to share.

https://neovim.io/doc/user/insert.html#i_CTRL-E
https://neovim.io/doc/user/insert.html#i_CTRL-Y

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