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Vim Talk!
08/01/2011
Who am I?● Brian Racer● http://brianracer.com● @anveo● http://github.com/anveo/dotfiles
I have been using vim on a daily basis for about 5 years
Learn VIM Incrementally
● start slow● use a few ideas at a time until you
have committed them to muscle memory or internalized them
Should I use the Terminal or gVim/MacVim?
● I prefer the GUI clients● Nicer colors● No terminal binding clashes● MacVim has a nice fullscreen mode
● However, I want GUI vim to *look* like a terminal window○ remove all the chrome
Example of superior GUI color
● colorcolumn● line overflow
My FAVORITE Tip!
Swap your Caps Lock and Esc keys!
● you never use your caps lock key● useful outside of vim!
Remap Spacebar
● apparently I have weak pinkies and strain my wrists trying to make a colon
noremap <Space> :
Understand :paste mode
nmap <F3> :set paste<CR>nmap <F4> :set nopaste<CR>
Keep <leader><leader> free for misc tasks
:map ,, :ruby %<cr>
Quick ruby helpers
● symbol-ize a word● hash-rocket
Useful Vim Plugins
buffexplorer vs. minibufexpl
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=42
(use buffexplorer)
SuperTab continued
https://github.com/ervandew/supertab
Be sure to use the above version! SuperTab on vim.org has been discontinued.
snipMate.vim
https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim
● I suggest ignoring the snippets that are provided● bind a command to opening your snippet and reloading the snippets
matchit
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=39
Command-T
https://wincent.com/products/command-t
● fast file navigation● build with system ruby (rvm use system)● matches entire file path unlike textmate
ack.vimhttps://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim
● better than vim's grep● better than remapping vim's grep to ack
http://betterthangrep.com/
zoomWin.vim
http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#ZOOMWIN
interactive_editor
https://github.com/jberkel/interactive_editor
● gem install 'interactive_editor'● require in ~/.irbrc
sparkup.vim
https://github.com/rstacruz/sparkup● ZenCoding for vim● selector expansion● element expansion
endwise
https://github.com/tpope/vim-endwise
surround
https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
fugitive.vim
https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive
● Amazing git integration within vim● Too awesome for this presentation● See vimcasts for a 5 part series on this plugin
pathogen
https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
● More sane organization of plugins● Kind-of a bundler for vim● Makes it easy to try new plugins
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gundo
http://sjl.bitbucket.org/gundo.vim/https://github.com/sjl/gundo.vim
● requires vim 7.3● vim must have python support
NERDCommentor
https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter