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Resizing Vim window splits like a boss - Read'n'Code - Flaviu Simihaian's Blog If you’re using Vim as your text editor (if you’re not, these videos will convince you), you’re probably using window splits. If you’re using window splits, you probably wished you had a quick way to resize them. I recently watched Gary Bernhardt’s video on VIM File Navigation, and got inspired to research this problem.
Start - Synchronizing plugins with git submodules and pathogen - Pentadactyl Synchronizing plugins with git submodules and pathogen If you use Vim on muliple machines, it can be difficult to keep your configuration files synchronized across them. One solution is to put your dotfiles under version control. vi/vim tips Editing with vi/vim is a fairly wide subject. This section contains some interesting information for vi/vim users, as well as for those learning to use vi/vim. It also contains vi/vim related stories, such as how & why I began using vim (in 2005!). Some of the articles were initially published as blog posts, and the links below point to the original blog post.
Vim eighteen months on - shapeshed I switched to Vim for editing text about 18 months ago. Here's an overview of my experience. Goodbye TextMate? About 18 months ago I made the decision to give Vim a go as my primary text editor. I had been using vi extensively for server admin work for a number of years so I wasn't a total noob. TextMate was my default editor and broadly I was happy with it but decided to give Vim a go. vim - Vim as XML Editor: Setup - Pentadactyl Again, this is just one way of setting things up. TMTOWTDI ;) Your local environment is likely to be different, as well as your preferences, and the tools evolve. I'll give a short overview of what I use; please refer to the documentation of the respective tool for instructions on how to best set things up. If you experience problems with any of the tools featured below please file bug reports directly to the respective project. Linux
Power Vim Usage: Tips & Tricks for Everyday Editing Tips & Tricks for Everyday Editing Smylers UKUUG Linux 2004 Conference • 2004 August Mastering the VI editor Date: 15/06/2012 I decided to republish the article below after trying to visit the original (to share the link with friend) and discovering it no longer existed. The original was written by Ben Y. Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi? The VI Gang Sign by Jon Beltran de Heredia, May 16th, 2007 Yes, even if you can't believe it, there are a lot fans of the 30-years-old vi editor (or its more recent, just-15-years-old, best clone & great improvement, vim). No, they are not dinosaurs who don't want to catch up with the times - the community of vi users just keeps growing: myself, I only got started 2 years ago (after over 10 years of being a professional programmer). Friends of mine are converting today.
Beginner's guide to Vi Improved (vim) Jesse Goerz jwgoerz@users.sourceforge.net Copyright © 2002 Jesse Goerz, NewbieDoc project. Getting Started with Vi Most people who are getting started with Linux or UNIX today already know how to use graphical WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, with heavy use of the mouse, icons and pull-down menus. When they first encounter the traditional UNIX/Linux editor, vi, it may seem awkward and not very powerful, but the opposite is true. As with graphical editors, you can select a range of text and execute a command to make changes, move the cursor by indicating where you want it to be and insert text by typing at the keyboard. The difference is that vi doesn't use the mouse; you use the keyboard to specify changes or move the cursor. In order for the entire keyboard to be available for commands, vi has separate command and insert modes.
Making MacVim work with Vimperator's external editor feature Because I'm a vim user, it's naturally for me to use vimperator on top of Firefox. Today I posted a tip on vimperator.org that helps me use Vimperator on my MacOS system. I'm reposting that tip here. To make a long story short, try an editor setting like :set editor='bash -lc "mvim -f \$*" mvim ' or (if you prefer gvim)
Ctags The original Ctags was introduced in BSD Unix and was written by Ken Arnold, with Fortran support by Jim Kleckner and Pascal support by Bill Joy. Editors that support ctags[edit] Tag index files are supported by many source code editors, including: Variants of ctags[edit] There are a few variations of the ctags program: Etags[edit] Easily switch between source and header file Switching between source and header files is a frequent operation, and so many ways to do it have been suggested. This article tries to list them all, and also list their advantages and disadvantages. Script a.vim Edit Search and replace Vim provides the :s (substitute) command for search and replace; this tip shows examples of how to substitute. On some systems, gvim has Find and Replace on the Edit menu (:help :promptrepl), however it is easier to use the :s command due to its command line history and ability to insert text (for example, the word under the cursor) into the search or replace fields. Basic search and replace