Vim + tmux

This is a talk given at the Omaha Maker Group's monthly Code meeting, OMG!Code, discussing vim and tmux

Transcript

1. ❤ WebStorm 1
2. @nicknisi 2
4. ❤ WebStorm Vim 4
5. @nicknisi 5
6. But I NEED an IDE 6
7. No you don't 7
8. Why vim? 4 highly customizable 4 runs everywhere 4 works with many programming languages 4 scriptable 8
9. Install vim 9
10. (it's probably already there) 10
11. brew install macvim --override-system-vim 11
12. Features 12
13. Modal editing 13
14. Modal editing Change the meaning of the keys in each mode of operation 4 Normal mode - navigate the structure of the file 4 Insert mode - editing the file 4 Visual mode - highlight portions of the file to manipulate at once 4 Ex mode - command mode 14
15. Normal mode 15
16. DON'T USE ARROW KEYS 16
17. DON'T USE THE MOUSE 17
18. You're a programmer. Strive to be lazy. 18
19. h j k l left up down right 19
20. 4 ^E - scroll the window down 4 ^Y - scroll the window up 4 ^F - scroll down one page 4 ^B - scroll up one page 4 H - move cursor to the top of the window 4 M - move cursor to the middle of the window 4 L - move cursor to the bottom of the window 4 gg - go to top of file 20
21. Elite! 21
22. The secret sauce 22
23. The secret sauce 4 text objects and motions 4 the DOT command 4 macros 23
24. Text objects and motions 24
25. Think of a file as more than individual characters 25
26. text objects 4 w - words 4 s - sentences 4 p - paragraphs 4 t - tags1 1 tags available in XML/HTML files 26
27. Motions 4 a- all 4 i - in 4 t - 'til 4 f - find forward 4 F - find backward 27
28. Combine with comands 28
29. Commands 4 d - delete (also cut) 4 c - change (delete, then place in insert mode) 4 y - yank (copy) 4 v - visually select 29
30. {command}{text object or motion} 30
31. diw delete in word 31
32. caw change all word 32
33. yi) yank all text inside parentheses 33
34. va" visually select all inside doublequotes Including doublequotes 34
35. Repetition The DOT command . 35
36. Repeat the last command 36
37. that's it 37
38. but it's powerful 38
39. Additional commands 4 dd / yy - delete/yank the current line 4 D / C - delete/change until end of line 4 ^ / $ - move to the beginning/end of line 4 I / A - move to the beginning/end of line and insert 4 o / O - insert new line above/below current line and insert 39
40. Try and make actions repeatable Practice it 40
41. Not everything is repeatable at least with the DOT command 41
42. MACROS 42
43. Macro A sequence of commands recorded to a register 43
44. Record a macro 4 q{register} 4 (do the things) 4 q Play a macro 4 @{register} 44
45. Plugins 45
46. Plugins 4 vundle - plugin manager 4 nerdtree - file drawer 4 ctrlp - fuzzy file finder 4 fugitive - git tool 4 syntastic - syntax checker / linter 46
47. But My IDE does more 47
48. Vim is extemely customizable Plugins tailor vim to your needs 48
49. But we can still do more 49
51. vim + tmux 51
52. tmux brew install tmux 52
53. What is tmux? 4 Terminal multiplexer 4 View and control multiple consoles 4 Preconfigure environments 53
54. tmux new-session -s {session-name} 54
55. tmux new-session -s pasta 55
56. ~/.tmux.conf - tmux configuration 4 configure tmux # unbind default prefix and set it to Ctrl+a unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a bind C-a send-prefix 56
57. There's a lot that tmux can do 57
58. Synchronize-panes 58
59. Create splits on the fly 59
60. tmux + vim = ❤ 60
61. benmills/vimux Interact with tmux from vim 61
62. Execute commands from vim in a split :call VimuxRunCommand("grunt test") Map the commands to a key nmap <leader>z :call VimuxRunCommand("grunt test")<cr> 62
63. I ❤ vim and I think you will, too 63
64. Learn your editor well (even if it's not vim) 64
65. Don't copy someone else's configuration Make it your own 65
66. But share your configuration 66
67. dotfiles 4 Share your configuration 4 Steal ideas from others 4 nicknisi/dotfiles 67
68. Keep practicing 68
69. ❤ https://github.com/nicknisi/vim-workshop 69