Vim Croquet

#1

Post by saamm » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 5:06 PM UTC

Re: Vim Croquet

#2

Post by aaronem » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:00 PM UTC

The keyboard heatmap code is nifty enough to justify this being on the front page of HN all by itself, which is not to say the rest is without value -- quite the converse; I hadn't thought of doing this sort of usage analysis with Emacs, but I think that's going to be my next weekend project once I'm done updating weatherline-mode.

Re: Vim Croquet

#3

Post by mkdir » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:08 PM UTC

Judging by the heatmap, it appears the author isn't familiar with Vim's c verb.

It works just like d, except it puts you in insert mode after you've completed your command.

For example, to replace the text within a set of quotation marks with You don't like Vim?, move your cursor on or within those quotation marks and use:

    ci"You don't like Vim?

To replace the text up to (but not including) the next exclamation point with I would never drink orange juice, use:

    ct!I would never drink orange juice

EDIT: Gah. He explicitly mentioned his use of cib. I'll leave this here in case it helps anyone.

Re: Vim Croquet

#4

Post by nbouscal » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:18 PM UTC

mkdir wrote: post #3

Judging by the heatmap, it appears the author isn't familiar with Vim's c verb. It works just like d , except it puts you in insert mode after you've completed your command. For example, to replace the text within a set of quotation marks with You don't like Vim? , move your cursor on or within those quotation marks and use: ci"You don't like Vim? To replace the text up to (but not including) the next exclamation poi…

Judging from his discussion of cib in the Data Acquisition section, it seems like he's familiar with it.

Re: Vim Croquet

#5

Post by nbouscal » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:19 PM UTC

ggvG$"zy can be replaced with ggVG"zy

Visual line mode is often very convenient.

Also, kana's text-object-entire plugin may come in handy here (many of her text-object plugins are very useful).

Re: Vim Croquet

#6

Post by mateuszf » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:20 PM UTC

This guy should definitely start using caps lock as control.

Re: Vim Croquet

#7

Post by nbouscal » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:21 PM UTC

mateuszf wrote: post #6

This guy should definitely start using caps lock as control.

If you read more closely, he mentions that he uses a Kinesis Advantage where his control key is quite convenient. The heatmap is just plotted on a standard keyboard.

Re: Vim Croquet

#8

Post by eggoa » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:27 PM UTC

nbouscal wrote: post #5

ggvG$"zy can be replaced with ggVG"zy Visual line mode is often very convenient. Also, kana's text-object-entire plugin may come in handy here (many of her text-object plugins are very useful).

Or

    :%yz

Re: Vim Croquet

#9

Post by nbouscal » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:31 PM UTC

eggoa wrote: post #8

nbouscal wrote: post #5

ggvG$"zy can be replaced with ggVG"zy Visual line mode is often very convenient. Also, kana's text-object-entire plugin may come in handy here (many of her text-object plugins are very useful).

Or :%yz

Good call! But you'll need a space:

    :%y z

Re: Vim Croquet

#10

Post by falcolas » Tue, Jan 28, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

nbouscal wrote: post #4

mkdir wrote: post #3

Judging by the heatmap, it appears the author isn't familiar with Vim's c verb. It works just like d , except it puts you in insert mode after you've completed your command. For example, to replace the text within a set of quotation marks with You don't like Vim? , move your cursor on or within those quotation marks and use: ci"You don't like Vim? To replace the text up to (but not including) the next exclamation poi…

Judging from his discussion of cib in the Data Acquisition section, it seems like he's familiar with it.

Perhaps familiar, but not ingrained in his muscle memory to used instead of di.