Ten Years of Vim
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Ten Years of Vim
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Re: Ten Years of Vim
#2All of the points in the "Some things I wish I could do better" section are the reason I use a regular memorization free-ish IDE.
Out of the box the things I want to do are easy (multiple files, manipulating structure of blocks of text, searching and manipulating information across my project simultaneously) and the things that aren't are rare (Add a dollar sign at the beginning of the next 13 lines).
I know how to use vim solely because it's necessary to edit files in a terminal.
Re: Ten Years of Vim
#3It's highly overstated how hard it is to learn imo. I would learn it again without a doubt.
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#4Regarding tabs: I bound F2 to previous tab, F3 to next tab and F4 to new tab.
Besides highlighting the current line, I think this is my most important customisation.
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#5Only 10 years? Feels old, man.
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#6Regarding tabs: I bound F2 to previous tab, F3 to next tab and F4 to new tab. Besides highlighting the current line, I think this is my most important customisation.
Oh that's cool! Think I might do that, too. Thanks.
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#7The point in the article is that the Vim keyboard bindings are most useful. Most editors have an option or plugin for that. That's what I use mainly. For instance I use Visual Studio + Resharper + VsVim ( + AceJump + RelativeLineNumbers) as my main development enviroment. I also use webstorm configured in a similar fashion. Visual Studio and R# understands the code and how to manipulate code far better than anything in the Vim world does, but I use it in combo with Vim keyboard bindings and it becomes incredibly quick to do things.
I don't actually use Vim itself very much ( I still use it for various things, but its not my main editor ). Its nicest attribute is for quick editing tasks it loads quick and can load very large files.
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#8Regarding tabs: I bound F2 to previous tab, F3 to next tab and F4 to new tab. Besides highlighting the current line, I think this is my most important customisation.
Isn't `gt` and `gT` faster? You don't have to move your hands!
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#9I know you said that you like maintaining a super minimal .vimrc, but fwiw there's a couple of plugins that really helped me with the workflow issues you mentioned struggling with:
> Jumping around in longer texts: I know the basics, like searching (/), jumping to a matching bracket (%) or jumping to specific lines (for line 10, type 10G), but I still could use symbols more often for navigation.
vim-sneak is real nice for this, and has turned into one of my most-used movement commands https://github.com/justinmk/vim-sneak
> Using visual mode for moving text around: Sometimes it can be quite complicated to type the right combination of letters to cut (delete) the text I want to move around. That's where visual mode (v) shines. It highlights the selected text. I should use it more often.
vim-move was a game changer for me https://github.com/matze/vim-move
> Tabs: I know how tabs work, but all the typing feels clunky. That's why I never extensively used them. Instead, I mostly use multiple terminal tabs or an IDE with Vim bindings for bigger projects.
This is worth a read: https://joshldavis.com/2014/04/05/vim-tab-madness-buffers-vs.... Buffers + vim fzf is a really nice workflow https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
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#10After using vim for a few years now, I noticed how I changed from thinking about text as characters to thinking about text as lines, which lets me create much cleaner code (independently from pretty printers).
When I selected code via mouse in the past, I selected it from character to character. In vim I tend to think line-wise so I can yank, paste, delete code per line which makes sense in many scenarios.