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| `.` | repeat last edit |
| `gcc` | toggle comments on current line |
| `gc` | toggle comments on visual selection |
| `>`, `<` | indent or dedent a range or object |
| `>>`, `<<` | indent or dedent the current line |

See [Vim docs: editing](https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.html) for more information.

#### Indenting and dedenting

`>` and `<` are operators, so they combine with any supported motion or text object the same way `d` and `y` do:

| Command | Description |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `>>` | indent the current line |
| `<<` | dedent the current line |
| `>j` | indent the current line and the line below |
| `>ap` | indent the current paragraph |
| `3>>` | indent the current line and the two below it |
| `>` / `<` | indent or dedent the selection in visual or visual line mode |

In visual mode, `>` and `<` shift the selected lines and return to Normal mode.

See [Vim docs: shifting text](https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#%3E) for more information.

#### Text objects

| Command(s) | Description |
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