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Re: VimConf

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Post by tvon »

bulte-rs wrote: post #5
illuminated wrote: post #4

When I saw the URL my first thought was that it's a collaborative repo of vim's conf files, snippets, etc...

That's what dotshare.it (no affiliation whatsoever) is for. The whole idea sounds nice though.

And http://dotfiles.org/ (though I haven't looked there in years).

Re: VimConf

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Post by almost »

I'm an Emacs user but I'm really curious about modal editing and composability of Vim commands. Signed up!

Re: VimConf

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Post by Jasber »

joeybeninghove wrote: post #7
petercooper wrote: post #3

Separate to Vim, this concept should become more popular. Real world conferences have their place, for sure, but some topics are avoided as they probably wouldn't break even, and seeing more things like this would be great.

In fact, that's one of the reasons I'm working on building CastingCode.tv ( http://castingcode.tv ) as a platform to serve both ad-hoc and organized live coding events to the web. :)

This is a cool idea. After watching notch I'd love to be able to watch how other developers work.

Re: VimConf

#15

Post by jamenzin »

wingerlang wrote: post #8

Signed up. Id like to use vim since i like the concept but it seems so damn hard to get into. The post yesterday "learn vim progressively" was interesting though. Not sure i know what it is though. I really like VS debugger and programming in C#, C++ (both with VS). So, what exactly will i give up if i switch to vim?

I recently took the plunge. I had been using e-TextEditor for everything but .NET, and VS for .NET. Now I'm using gVim for the majority of my editing for all languages I am working in. However, I still use Visual Studio with ReSharper for certain things: debugging, intellisense (only when I'm stuck; I'm trying not to rely on it much. you can also use vim plugins or create your own to let you quickly jump to MSDN and find something), and editing project/solution configuration.

Alternatively, you could use ViEmu (emulator plugin for VS, amongst other MS things), but I like the split buffers so I haven't gone down that path.

In summary, I don't think it's an all or nothing deal. You should use the best tools for the job. I think using Vim will make you more productive for plenty, but not all tasks.

Re: VimConf

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Post by rudle »

As far as topics are concerned, I'd really like to see a vim plugin created from start to finish. The tutorials and docs that exist leave a lot to be desired, and this seems like a nice venue to demonstrate (and explain!) the capabilities of the vim plugin system.

Re: VimConf

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Post by derickbailey »

wingerlang wrote: post #8

Signed up. Id like to use vim since i like the concept but it seems so damn hard to get into. The post yesterday "learn vim progressively" was interesting though. Not sure i know what it is though. I really like VS debugger and programming in C#, C++ (both with VS). So, what exactly will i give up if i switch to vim?

i learned vim by using the "viemu" plugin for visual studio. it gives you all the basics of vim's "modal" editing experience, including movement and commands, right inside visual studio. highly recommended if you want to learn vim, but don't want to leave visual studio... or if you want the vim experience but can't leave visual studio.

Re: VimConf

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Post by davidbalbert »

I am so excited about this! Watching other people use vim has been the most valuable part of my vim education. I think this is going to be a great venue for it.

Edit: I'm also clueless when it comes to vimscript. It would be nice to see some stuff on that.

Re: VimConf

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Post by Omnipresent »

joeybeninghove wrote: post #7
petercooper wrote: post #3

Separate to Vim, this concept should become more popular. Real world conferences have their place, for sure, but some topics are avoided as they probably wouldn't break even, and seeing more things like this would be great.

In fact, that's one of the reasons I'm working on building CastingCode.tv ( http://castingcode.tv ) as a platform to serve both ad-hoc and organized live coding events to the web. :)

I'm looking forward to this as well. You did a great job on the Backbone.js screencast

Re: VimConf

#20

Post by Omnipresent »

I know this is off topic but would you mind sharing how you created a special link that can be passed to earn credit?

Are there plugins/gems for something like this or was this made from scratch?

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