\
The
Extra
The \ command in Vim
Extra
leader / regex
Not a standalone command — used as the default
mapleader and as an escape character in regex patterns (\n newline, \t tab, \</\> word boundaries, \v very magic mode).Examples
\n(newline in regex)\<word\>(word boundary)\v(very magic mode):let mapleader=","
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