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Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by juandazapata »

Jerry2 wrote: post #69
juandazapata wrote: post #48

Thanks for the work done here. I'm not a VIM user anymore (I use Spacemacs now), but it opened my eyes/mind to what is a professional code editor. After using VIM, using any other editor feels like programming in Notepad. VIM you'll always be in my heart.

How did you learn Spacemacs? I'm still using vim but would like to try & learn Spacemacs. What's a good way to learn it?

Besides the great documentation, watching "Spacemacs ABC" helped a lot: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJ2YN5y27KLhd3yNs2dR...

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by deepaksurti »

dfrey wrote: post #86
Jerry2 wrote: post #69

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How did you learn Spacemacs? I'm still using vim but would like to try & learn Spacemacs. What's a good way to learn it?

I have dabbled in spacemacs a tiny bit and I have been using vim for years. Basically I think there are two ways to learn spacemacs. Method 1 1. Become proficient in vim 2. Become proficient in emacs 3. Learn spacemacs keyboard shortcuts Method 2 1. Become proficient in emacs 2. Become proficient in vim 3. Learn spacemacs keyboard shortcuts I'm a vim user, but I know almost nothing about emacs, so I am having a tough…

I have also been a Vim user for a decent while now. I try to minimize the number of plug-ins that I use, lest I get into the plugin circus.

To migrate to Spacemacs, I just replicated my workflow. Earlier I would use `find . ...` extensively for complex grep. I figured the equivalent in Spacemacs. For file navigation I used the NerdTree. I again looked up the key bindings for file navigation. So on, so forth. I now have a pretty decent spacemacs setup.

I would think, this can also classify as a third method, without having to become proficient in Emacs.

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by sctb »

freewizard wrote: post #70

the linked appspot site is 503 over-quota. anyone can change the url to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/LaYdHDNzJcU or http://www.vim.org

Thanks, we updated the link again.

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by JoshTriplett »

_kst_ wrote: post #147
JoshTriplett wrote: post #136

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nvi provides a minimalist implementation of vi. If you feel comfortable with the vi keybindings in other editors, nvi will likely suffice. However, many vim users expect scriptability, programming language support, and numerous other features. The analogous comparison would be between bash and posh/dash, or between gcc/clang and the Tiny C Compiler.

I haven't used nvi in several years (mostly because, unlike nvi, vim has become universally available on the systems I use), but it's not minimalist. nvi has a number of features that the original vi does not. Perl integration and infinite undo are two examples.

nvi definitely provides more features than the original vi, just not nearly as much as vim. And it doesn't have a comparable ecosystem of plugin/package developers around it, either.

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by HugoDaniel »

pklausler wrote: post #150
HugoDaniel wrote: post #41

I moved to nvi. Feels good to go back a notch and realise that you actually don't need all of the other stuff to produce quality code.

Me, I just wrote my own editor that works exactly the way that I want it to work. Every Jedi needs to build their own light saber, and come on, it's just 6KLOC or so.

ah! amazing, can i try it ?

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by adelarsq »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #55
znpy wrote: post #8

Given the occasion, and given that vim is charity-ware software ( http://charityware.info/ ), it would be cool to have some sort of HN-wide donation to ICCF ( http://iccf-holland.org/ ). Donation page: http://iccf-holland.org/donate.html It seems that you can send bitcoins too: http://iccf-holland.org/bitcoin.html Imho just mentioning HN in the payment description would be okay :)

Given Vim powers our industry, it'd be neat if pg or any of the other big members of our community donated a non-trivial amount. There is very few pieces of software I could never imagine replacing in my toolkit. Linux? I use Windows, too. GCC? Clang gets some love sometimes. Languages themselves? I'm fluent in several. Shell? I used Bash for years, now I switched to ZSH, but could go back to Bash if I needed. Tmux?…

I'm still trying to use vim with java =P Someday I will be happy

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by adelarsq »

zipperhead wrote: post #107
DiabloD3 wrote: post #55

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Given Vim powers our industry, it'd be neat if pg or any of the other big members of our community donated a non-trivial amount. There is very few pieces of software I could never imagine replacing in my toolkit. Linux? I use Windows, too. GCC? Clang gets some love sometimes. Languages themselves? I'm fluent in several. Shell? I used Bash for years, now I switched to ZSH, but could go back to Bash if I needed. Tmux?…

Re: eclipse. Rather than the bridge you might want to give vrapper ( http://vrapper.sourceforge.net/home/ ) a try. I find it to be quite acceptable - much better than having no vim keybindings. It's very comparable to the jetbrain's vim plugin.

I use both. Vrapper is the best Vim emulation so far

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by rbonvall »

colordrops wrote: post #118
mixedCase wrote: post #105

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JetBrain's Vim plugin is very high quality.

It's the only VIM emulation mode I've used that isn't completely annoying. I'm including spacemacs in that assessment.

I agree, it's just Good Enough. I mostly miss some add-ons like surround.

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by rbonvall »

bmelton wrote: post #90
bobajeff wrote: post #76

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Nano

Are you seriously suggesting that nano is a valid replacement for vim?

If vim for you is "the thing you edit config files with when sshing to a server," yes, it is. As a full-fledged development environment, it's not.

Re: Vim 8.0 released

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Post by m0shen »

nobleach wrote: post #71
Spiritus wrote: post #46

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Try cleaning your Homebrew cache for neovim. rm -rf /Library/Caches/Homebrew/neovim--git brew reinstall --HEAD neovim

nope, sadly: ==> make VERBOSE=1 Last 15 lines from /Users/jimwharton/Library/Logs/Homebrew/neovim/02.make: "__Unwind_GetCFA", referenced from: _lj_err_unwind_dwarf in libluajit.a(lj_err.o) "__Unwind_RaiseException", referenced from: _lj_err_throw in libluajit.a(lj_err.o) "__Unwind_SetGR", referenced from: _lj_err_unwind_dwarf in libluajit.a(lj_err.o) "__Unwind_SetIP", referenced from: _lj_err_unwind_dwarf in libluaji…

Try:

    unset LUA_CPATH LUA_PATH
    brew reinstall --HEAD neovim
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