:vim! theory + practice

vim can frustrate but also delight. here, then, is everything you need to get rolling with vim and get over the frustrating bits and skip to the delight. some material may not be suitable for emacs users.

as presented as Ozalid 2016.

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1. :vim! theory + practice @jm3
2. :help theory
3. :history bill% ls ~/1976
4. :why vim?
5. :turing-complete
6. :turing-complete
7. any editor will “get you there”
8. Vim is a stick-shift 2 1 3 4 R
9. :taoist view
10. jm3’s “Tao of Vim” • minimal distractions • to know vim is to know unix • in vim, editing is programming • vim is everywhere
11. :beware false-prophets •“don’t use the mouse” •“don’t use the arrow keys” •“use my dotfiles” :) see Yehuda’s “Everyone Who Tried to Convince Me to use Vim was Wrong”
12. :review theory ~ any editor will get you there ~ stick shift ~ tao: + minimalism + to know vim is to know unix + editing is programming + vim is everywhere ~ beware “false prophets”: + mouse == OK, arrow keys are fine
13. :help practice :q :qq :q!Q :1qqZZ!q :WTF how do i get out of here?
14. :basics! launch + save + exit
15. :basics foo.rb :e Edit foo.rb
16. :basics : w Write
17. :basics eXit : x
18. :basics Quit : q
19. :basics w : Write + Quit q
20. :basics Z Z GTFO
21. switching modes…
22. Command Mode Editing Mode two very different modes Esc
23. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! i a o entering Edit mode:
24. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! i a o entering Edit mode:
25. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! i a o entering Edit mode:
26. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! i a o entering Edit mode:
27. Basics review: edit write exit :w :e :x insert append ohhhh a i o
28. :motion!
29. :motion j h k movement l :masochism
30. Remember: word + line + block jump + search
31. :motion w forward word back word b
32. :motion ⏎ line
33. :motion ] forward block backward block [
34. :motion foo / Search
35. :motion foo ? Search backwards
36. :motion Go to line number 10 G
37. :motion G Jump to ”corners” G 1
38. / Motion review: word + line + block ⏎ w b [ ] jump + search 47 G foo
39. :editing!
40. :editing d delete change c i insert append a
41. Commands stack like LEGOs
42. d w Delete word
43. d w Delete word
44. d 3 Delete 3 words w
45. 3 d Delete 3 words w
46. w d 3 Delete 3 words
47. c w Change word
48. c w Change word
49. D Delete line
50. 10 D Delete 10 lines
51. D 10 Delete 10 lines
52. foo / d Delete to “foo”
53. foo / d Delete to “foo”
54. foo / d Delete to “foo”
55. :file-slinging!
56. :file-slinging foo.rb :e Edit foo.rb remember this?
57. :file-slinging :e Edit some-dir try this! ~
58. :file-slinging :help NERDTree github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
59. :magic powers
60. Demo ^ (ctl+6) toggle + jump between buffers list buffers with :ls jump with 1^
61. Demo recent files toggle previous file
62. Demo tab complete anything SuperTab git://github.com/ervandew/supertab
63. Demo Tabular git://github.com/godlygeek/tabular alignment
64. Demo outline mode Markdown-Folding git://github.com/nelstrom/vim-markdown-folding
65. Demo keep your place set cursorline
66. Demo balance braces %
67. Demo jsHint highlight JS errors on save git://github.com/Shutnik/jshint2.vim
68. Demo highlight syntax colorscheme solarized * first thing I wanted in a text editor
69. Demo Vim-Plug + Vundle + pathogen
70. :wq! @jm3 github.com/jm3/dotfiles