VIM - Craftsman's Precision Tool

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VIM “If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all” Michelangelo Buonarroti craftsman’s precision tool

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QUICK HISTORY 1971 - ed text editor by Ken Thompson

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QUICK HISTORY 1971 - ed text editor by Ken Thompson 1976 - ex (EXtended) by Bill Joy 1976 - vi (visual mode for ex) by Bill Joy 1991 - vim (vi improved) by Bram Moolenar

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VIM is not VI VI - ancient 1976 technology VIM - state of the art 1991 editor VIM introduced more new features, than vi had overall in its lifetime

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YOU DON’T LIKE VIM because you don’t get it

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YOU DON’T LIKE VIM because you don’t get it and it’s ok!

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YOU DON’T LIKE VIM because you don’t get it and it’s ok! it’s different from newbie-friendly visual editors it requires some (major) investment from the user, aka “the learning curve”

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TO EACH HIS OWN

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TO EACH HIS OWN some like it straight

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TO EACH HIS OWN some like it straight some like it curvy

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THE MODAL EDITOR

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THE MODAL EDITOR Every BUTTON performs a different function in a different mode

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THE MODAL EDITOR Every BUTTON performs a different function in a different mode do you think it’s weird and uncommon? think again

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THE MODAL WORLD What would you rather use? This (could you even tell what every button is for?)

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THE MODAL WORLD What would you rather use? This (could you even tell what every button is for?) or this

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THE MODAL MIND You’re a craftsman - think ﬁrst, edit later

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THE MODAL MIND You’re a craftsman - think ﬁrst, edit later think about what you’re doing

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THE MODAL MIND You’re a craftsman - think ﬁrst, edit later think about how you’re doing it

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THE MODAL MIND You’re a craftsman - think ﬁrst, edit later and ONLY THEN do it

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MOVING AROUND IDEAL: follow the eye

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MOVING AROUND IDEAL: follow the eye Mouse is actually close enough

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MOVING AROUND IDEAL: follow the eye Mouse is actually close enough Especially with enough target practice

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MOVING SLOWLY But mouse targeting is slow

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MOVING SLOWLY But mouse targeting is slow FITT’S LAW The time required to rapidly move to a target area is a function of the distance to and the size of the target

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MOVING SLOWLY But mouse targeting is slow and tiresome and boring while (!onTarget) do moveTowardsTarget end so many wasted brain cycles

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MOVING SLOWLY But mouse targeting is slow and tiresome and boring and breaks the ﬂow

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MOVING ROUGHLY Keyboard is usually ok (even in Notepad) imaging doing that on that teletype with unlimited applications...

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MOVING ROUGHLY Keyboard is usually ok (even in Notepad) but only if you need to hit BIG targets (top/bottom of the ﬁle, start/end of the line) imaging doing that on that teletype with unlimited applications...

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MOVING ROUGHLY Keyboard is usually ok (even in Notepad) but only if you need to hit BIG targets (top/bottom of the ﬁle, start/end of the line) Hunting for smaller targets (speciﬁc chars/lines): while (!onTarget) do moveTowardsTarget end imaging doing that on that teletype with unlimited applications...

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MOVING PATTERNS average text editor

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MOVING PATTERNS Above average text editor

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MOVING PATTERNS Above average text editor VIM

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MOVING PATTERNS Above average text editor VIM Knight in a single move hits a target that takes a queen 2 moves to hit

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TARGET HITTING 101 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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TARGET HITTING 101 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. f l The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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TARGET HITTING 102 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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TARGET HITTING 102 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. f o The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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TARGET HITTING 102 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. f o The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ;

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TARGET HITTING 102 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. f o The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ; ;

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TARGET HITTING 102 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. f o The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ; ; ;

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TARGET SELECTION Better targets: punctuation special characters (@, &, $) uppercase letters etc

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TARGET SEARCH Learn to love search - / Pro-tip: enable ﬁnd-as-you-type Learn current word lookups (*, #)

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DRONE STRIKE The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. destroy

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. DRONE STRIKE The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. t t destroy

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. DRONE STRIKE The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. t t destroy The quick brown fox jumps over. d t .

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TEXT OBJECTS Program code is full of blocks Easy matching: • a? - match the whole block • i? - match insides of the block Quotes: a” i” Round brackets: a) i) Braces: a} i} Tags: at it

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TEXT OBJECTS 101 params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] }

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params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101 v i “ params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] }

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params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101

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params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101 i ]

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params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101

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params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101 a }

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TEXT OBJECTS 101 same for Ruby blocks (with a plugin) ar - select the whole Ruby block ir - select inside Ruby block

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params = params = { users: [ "Mal Reynolds", "Inara Serra" ] } TEXT OBJECTS 101 c a }

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CHANGES Undo change - u Repeat change - . Shines when coupled with modal mode Think of your changes as steps, or brushstrokes

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PRO TIPS Remap your ESC Disable your cursor keys Don’t use others’ conﬁgs in full Train yourself gradually But either dive in, or stay away

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PERSONAL FAVORITES VIM running in pure text console mode Ctrl-Z to fall back into the shell Use external commands to process the data Coupled with tmux integration Quickly launch separate tasks (e.g. rspec) in tmux window

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LOVE YOUR EDITOR