8 Jun
2024
8 Jun
'24
4:12 a.m.
Will Senn <will.senn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
vim stands as an excellent example of just how far you
can take a
product that works, keeping its core, but expanding it in all
directions.
vim has a *lot* of knobs to twist, all of which must be in just the
right position for it to be comfortably usable, in my opinion. I got
annoyed with many of the default features, like the auto indenting and
getting stuck in comment mode. Start a comment in vim and try to get
out of that mode. I found I spent too much time trying to figure out
how to turn off these things so I generally went back to straight vi
as my daily editor. I use ed(1) a lot too for quick edits. vim is
great for the syntax highlighting when coding or editing HTML though.
It makes it easy to spot errors.
Off to figure out tags!! Arg, seems like it oughtta be
really useful in
my work with source code, why can't I figure it out?! Sheesh.
I think the best way to learn vi/vim features is from watching someone
else use it. You pick up a lot of useful tricks. Mike Shah has many
great videos; here are a couple vi/vim related ones.
1. Why I'm Still using Vim in 2024 - A Brief Introduction and Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4E6nQpd7Xs
This is a good quick into to using vi/vim.
2. [Dlang Episode 31] D Language - ctags with dscanner for VIM
(and ctags with phobos demonstration)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMF7NxF_HFY
While he uses the D programming language for this video, it is a
great demo of how to use ctags. The principle is the same for other
programming languages, ctags supports many, run:
"ctags --list-languages" to view the full list.
scot