vim + tmux (Omaha Coding Women)

This is the revised and slightly modified presentation I gave at Omaha Coding Women on 4/27/15.

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1. ❤ WebStorm
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2. @nicknisi
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4. ❤ WebStorm Vim
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6. ❤ WebStorm Vim Minecraft
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7. But I NEED an IDE
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8. No you don't
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9. Why vim?
   • highly customizable
   • runs everywhere
   • works with any programming
   languages
   • scriptable
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11. start the timer
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12. Install vim
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13. (it's probably already there)
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14. brew install macvim --override-system-vim
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15. Features
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16. Modal editing
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17. Modal editing
    Change the meaning of the keys in each mode of operation
    • Normal mode - navigate the structure of the file
    • Insert mode - editing the file
    • Visual mode - highlight portions of the file to manipulate at
    once
    • Ex mode - command mode
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18. Normal mode
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19. DON'T USE ARROW KEYS
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20. DON'T USE THE MOUSE
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21. You're a programmer.
    Strive to be lazy.
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22. h j k l
    left up down right
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23. • ^E - scroll the window down
    • ^Y - scroll the window up
    • ^F - scroll down one page
    • ^B - scroll up one page
    • H - move cursor to the top of the window
    • M - move cursor to the middle of the window
    • L - move cursor to the bottom of the window
    • gg - go to top of file
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24. Elite!
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25. The secret sauce
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26. The secret sauce
    • text objects and motions
    • the DOT command
    • macros
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27. Text objects and motions
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28. Think of a file as more than individual characters
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29. text objects
    • w - words
    • s - sentences
    • p - paragraphs
    • t - tags1
    1 tags available in XML/HTML files
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30. Motions
    • a- all
    • i - in
    • t - 'til
    • f - find forward
    • F - find backward
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31. Combine with comands
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32. Commands
    • d - delete (also cut)
    • c - change (delete, then place in
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    • y - yank (copy)
    • v - visually select
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33. {command}{text object or motion}
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34. diw
    delete in word
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35. caw
    change all word
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36. yi)
    yank all text inside parentheses
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37. va"
    visually select all inside doublequotes
    Including doublequotes
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38. Repetition
    The DOT command
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39. Repeat the last command
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40. that's it
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41. but it's powerful
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42. Additional commands
    • dd / yy - delete/yank the current line
    • D / C - delete/change until end of line
    • ^ / $ - move to the beginning/end of line
    • I / A - move to the beginning/end of line and insert
    • o / O - insert new line above/below current line and insert
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43. Try and make actions repeatable
    Practice it
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44. Not everything is repeatable
    at least with the DOT command
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45. MACROS
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46. Macro
    A sequence of commands recorded to a register
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47. Record a macro
    • q{register}
    • (do the things)
    • q
    Play a macro
    • @{register}
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48. Plugins
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49. Plugins
    • vundle - plugin manager
    • nerdtree - file drawer
    • ctrlp - fuzzy file finder
    • fugitive - git tool
    • syntastic - syntax checker / linter
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50. But My IDE does more
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51. Vim is extemely customizable
    Plugins tailor vim to your needs
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52. But we can still do more
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54. vim + tmux
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55. tmux
    brew install tmux
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56. What is tmux?
    • Terminal multiplexer
    • View and control multiple consoles
    • Preconfigure environments
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57. tmux new-session -s {session-name}
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58. tmux new-session -s pasta
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59. ~/.tmux.conf - tmux configuration
    • configure tmux
    # unbind default prefix and set it to Ctrl+a
    unbind C-b
    set -g prefix C-a
    bind C-a send-prefix
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60. There's a lot that tmux can do
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61. Synchronize-panes
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62. Create splits on the fly
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63. tmux + vim = ❤
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64. benmills/vimux
    Interact with tmux from vim
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65. Execute commands from vim in a split
    :call VimuxRunCommand("grunt test")
    Map the commands to a key
    nmap z :call VimuxRunCommand("grunt test")
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66. I ❤ vim
    and I think you will, too
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67. Learn your editor well
    (even if it's not vim)
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68. Don't copy someone else's configuration
    Make it your own
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69. But share your configuration
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70. dotfiles
    • Share your configuration
    • Steal ideas from others
    • nicknisi/dotfiles
    Others
    • bryanforbes/dotfiles
    • jason0x43/dotfiles
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71. Keep practicing
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72. ❤
    https://github.com/nicknisi/vim-workshop
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