Hacker Read

applecrazy · 2018-02-18 22:17:05+00:00

Sorry, I’m pretty new to vim (switched from ST this week and loving it so far). Thanks for the advice though

yesimahuman | karma 6064 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2013-08-21 16:19:07+00:00

Thanks for the pointers, will do. One strange thing about vim is everyone seems to have a core set of commands they use. An interesting tool.

cruffle_duffle | karma 315 | avg karma 2.25 · | 2024-04-01 14:35:27

That is probably one of the more helpful tips I’ve read about vim in a long while!

johnchristopher | karma 10080 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2022-09-17 17:38:56

Bad habit from vim, sorry :).

OGWhales | karma 635 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2019-12-31 18:54:44+00:00

Thank you. Just did this and finally understand vim and I have used some weird editors in my day. This really helped to give me an overview

dleink | karma 51 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2024-01-06 10:09:42

ah yes, I am decent Vim user but hadn't thought about it in that context. Thanks for the context!

steverb | karma 1824 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2012-07-12 16:11:08+00:00

Thank you for that. I can fumble my way around in Vim, but it's not second nature.

yesimahuman | karma 6064 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2013-08-21 07:15:39+00:00

Thanks, my vim problem is I'm always missing out on faster commands :)

dpritchett | karma 4030 | avg karma 4.17 · | 2010-08-02 14:01:10

Thanks for the tips. I wrote my first vim macro last week so obviously there's a lot more for me to pick up!

iudqnolq | karma 5689 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2020-01-29 10:13:17+00:00

Thank you. I just learned I've been exiting vim wrong for years.

bamboozled | karma 7012 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2021-03-12 00:58:15+00:00

Been using vim for 20 years and didn’t know some of these, thanks.

dmitryminkovsky | karma 4589 | avg karma 5.24 · | 2020-12-13 17:30:48+00:00

Thank you! Will add this to my Vim to-do.

jack_pp | karma 1400 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2017-11-08 12:56:33+00:00

did NOT know this, thanks a lot lol. (vim user for 5 years)

css | karma 4114 | avg karma 10.66 · | 2017-10-04 19:37:55+00:00

The day I commit myself to learning vim properly, this comes up. Thanks for posting!

erostrate | karma 1014 | avg karma 7.62 · | 2021-02-27 16:56:21+00:00

Thank you so much! I've been using Vim for 5 years and I always thought :s was one of the major pain points.

gingerlime | karma 3093 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2013-09-23 20:17:27

Thanks! It was my first attempt writing a vim function, so wasn't exactly sure. This looks much better.

masomenos | karma 194 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2011-11-03 13:55:34+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! This is something I've had at the back of my mind for the 10+ years I've been using vim, so high time.

thedufer | karma 3119 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2013-04-19 13:13:41

Wow. I did not think vim help would deal with symbols well, either. Thanks!

TeMPOraL | karma 106045 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2020-11-09 19:45:59

That's just a meme at this point; pretty much every intro resource for vim gives an answer to this specific question.

lytedev | karma 760 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2022-06-12 10:52:10

I'm curious now. What code are you editing that vim could not help with, what tools do you use that do help with this code, and why?