A Quick Intro to Vim

A quick intro to Vim, presented at a lightning talk.

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1. A Quick Intro to Vim Kaung Htet Zaw Monday, October 24, 11
2. Agenda • Intro • What is Vim? • Why Vim? • Why Not Vim? • Cool features • Plugins • Installation Monday, October 24, 11
3. def __init__(self): self.name = ‘Kaung Htet Zaw’ self.sid = 91178 self.year = 3 self.diploma = ‘DIT’ self.twitter = ‘@emoosx’ self.facebook = ‘http://facebook.com/emosx’ class me ( Student ): Monday, October 24, 11
4. def Vim: • Text Editor • Powerful & sophisticated • Customizable ( .vimrc & .vim/ ) • Flexibility Monday, October 24, 11
5. Why Vim? • It’s portable. • It’s everywhere • It’s every configurable • It’s every extensible • Works with many programming languages • There’s a plugin for that Monday, October 24, 11
6. Why not Vim? • Steep learning curve • Unfamiliar keys ( e.g., HJKL ) • Plugin maintenance ( pathogen, vundle ) Monday, October 24, 11
7. Cool features • Keyboard Ninja • Split windows • Swap cases Monday, October 24, 11
8. Useful Vim Plugins NerdTree Monday, October 24, 11
9. Conque-Shell Monday, October 24, 11
10. • Snipmate • Zen-Coding • Surround • And many, many more .... ( pathogen, django, buffexplorer ) Monday, October 24, 11
11. Convinced yet? Monday, October 24, 11
12. Installation • Linux/Mac : binary via package managers or compile from source. • GUI Vim(s) • Windows / Linux -- gVim • Mac -- MacVim • The best option is to compile yourself. Monday, October 24, 11
13. Happy Coding! Monday, October 24, 11