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I'm not sure if the pun jury would agree that that's actually a pun.
Indeed. But fingers crossed until they reach a Vi rdict. (I'll show myself out hehe)
I hope the punishment isn't too harsh.
Ask HN: Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
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Re: Ask HN: Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
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It's just not the same as with Eclipse. I'm not sure what it's called or if it has a name, but the Eclipse equivalent to VS Pro's IntelliSense, in which it's actually aware of code that you've previously written in other files or third party libraries, and it pops up as a little list next to what you're typing--is it possible to have that level of functionality in Vim? It's the actual awareness of code you've previou…
Yeah, it's probably not as good but AFIAK it does know about your other class files and things like that so for most people it will get the job done. Take it with a grain of salt, though. There are 3 (that I can find) Java auto-complete plugins for Vim and I have no idea if any of them are good. (I don't develop in Java often and when I do it's trivial code so I haven't had a chance to try them)
Yeah, to be honest, I don't know much about Java and Java tools either; I'm just going by what I remember from school. I just assumed that Eclipse has similar functionality to VS Pro, which I know we couldn't replace with Vim.
Re: Ask HN: Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
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Just pointing out... autocomplete of Java code is completely doable in Vim. As are file trees and many things that IDEs offer. With that said, there are also plugins for many editors that make vim commands work in them. Which is a nice compromise if you like GUIs.
It's just not the same as with Eclipse. I'm not sure what it's called or if it has a name, but the Eclipse equivalent to VS Pro's IntelliSense, in which it's actually aware of code that you've previously written in other files or third party libraries, and it pops up as a little list next to what you're typing--is it possible to have that level of functionality in Vim? It's the actual awareness of code you've previou…
Eclim is headless eclipse autocomplete in vim, so you get best of both worlds, pretty much.
Re: Ask HN: Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
#74Programming is about typing less, writing small and smart code that is hard to break and requires thinking.
I never understood why fast editing in vim matters for good programming. You can pretty much do copy paste, replace or refactor using any other editors.
Re: Ask HN: Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
#75> Can you show me how fast coding is in vim?
I would literally like to see how fast coding in vim is. Can anyone point me to a screen capture of editing in vim? I've always been skeptical how editing without a mouse could be fast.
Edit: I just noticed that he is asking for a screencast. Why is everyone ignoring that request?