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Can vim do the following? I'm editing some project with 10000 C++ files. There is some C++ file I currently don't have open, say "palette.cpp" which is in a subdirectory "project/graphics/algorithms/color/". Now I want to open palette.cpp without ever having to type, not even with tab autocompletion, that path. IntelliJ (which I do use for C++ ;)) can do this easily: just press CTRL+R, then palette.cpp, ENTER, and th…
Lots of people seem to declare ; or , to be useless keys and remap them. They're two of my most used movement keys in certain circumstances. I used to have , remapped to but switched back when I realised what I was missing out on. I'd advise anybody else to reconsider if they've made the same mistake I did.
My single greatest tip to make vim even more amazing is to run it in a tmux session: It makes it super easy to split panes and create new windows for related things you need to do (git stuff, compilation, running tests, running a REPL, etc.)
Some small vim tweaks I've recently been using myself that I find very nice: nmap :write cabbrev w nope Re-map enter to save the file. If you try to do a :w it will yell at you until you take out the cabbrev so you can retrain your muscle memory. Took me about a day to retrain. let g:EasyMotion_leader_key = ';' nmap s ;w nmap S ;b Remap s and S to be easymotion forward and backward. I never use s, since it's largely…
Space is my leader key.
Lots of people seem to declare ; or , to be useless keys and remap them. They're two of my most used movement keys in certain circumstances. I used to have , remapped to but switched back when I realised what I was missing out on. I'd advise anybody else to reconsider if they've made the same mistake I did.
netrw comes by default. No need to install NERDTree.
Good suggestion. In the article, I failed to point out that the advantage of NERDTree is its hierarchal folder view. When a project's directory structure become gigantic it's useful to see the directory structure as you edit.
let g:netrw_liststyle = 4My single greatest tip to make vim even more amazing is to run it in a tmux session: It makes it super easy to split panes and create new windows for related things you need to do (git stuff, compilation, running tests, running a REPL, etc.)
# ~/bin/ss-ctrl
#!/bin/sh
env_name=ctrl
long_name=skillspy
short_name=ss
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site && \
tmux new-session -d -s ${short_name}-${env_name} && \
tmux rename-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:1 git && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:2 -n log 'RAILS_ENV=development rails s -p 3009; bash -i' && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:3 -n db 'ssdb; bash -i ' && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:4 -n misc && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:5 -n redis 'cd ~/src/redis-2.6.0-rc8/src && ./redis-server && date && bash -i' && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:6 -n sidekiq 'RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec sidekiq | tee log/sidekiq.log; date; bash -i' && \
tmux select-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:1 && \
tmux -2 attach-session -t ${short_name}-${env_name}
# ~/bin/ss-code
#!/bin/sh
env_name=code
long_name=skillspy
short_name=ss
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/models && \
tmux new-session -d -s ${short_name}-${env_name} && \
tmux rename-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:1 models
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/controllers && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:2 -n controllers
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/views && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:3 -n views
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/assets/stylesheets && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:4 -n css
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/assets/javascripts && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:5 -n js
cd ~/src/${long_name}/site/app/workers && \
tmux new-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:6 -n workers
tmux select-window -t ${short_name}-${env_name}:1 && \
tmux -2 attach-session -t ${short_name}-${env_name}Here are my 2 cents set undofile " This creates a undo file that persists your undo history when the file gets closed imap >> " Double right arrow to escape from insertion mode. This is faster and more comfortable (at least for me) than to reach for tab key for some people set clipboard=unnamed " This is bridges between your Vim yanks and your system clipboard
Some people use jj to go to the normal mode. Personally I remapped Caps Lock to Escape in my whole system, so I can go to normal mode easily.
You can yank to the system clipboard by providing appropriate register to yank into. You do that by pressing "* before the yank command (e.g. "*yy to yank the current line).
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Fastest? Like I'd realize the speed difference between xterm, urxvt or even Gnome Terminal.
Trust me, when you have really crappy hardware (Intel Atom 1.3GHz w/ 512MB mem), you will notice the difference. Execution of commands that takes 2-3 seconds on Gnome Terminal will be nearly instant on xterm.