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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1.  {[}vimregex{]}(https://vimregex.com/) {[}Archived Link{]}(https://web.archive.org/web/20250815191617/https://vimregex.com/) \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3)
It is an awesome and pretty comprehensive resource with examples and also provides a good summary, but not an aesthetically printable cheatsheet. Additionally, it never mentions very magic mode. \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 4)
2. {[}Learn By Example: Vim Regular Expressions{]}(https://learnbyexample.gitbooks.io/vim-reference/content/Regular\_Expressions.html) {[}Archived Link{]}(https://web.archive.org/web/20250815192034/https://learnbyexample.gitbooks.io/vim-reference/content/Regular\_Expressions.html) \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 6)
Yet another resource, however does mention very magic mode.% Row Count 15 (+ 2)
} \tn 
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