let's talk about vim, baby

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Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

vim is cool and good when your ide has a shitass built in editor. most embedded ides fall into this category, so i use alot of gvim. post your favorite plugins and vimrcs itt and lets talk about them.

in the past week, i reinstalled youcompleteme and installed ctrl-p and so far they are super needs suiting and i wanted to share how ownage ycm is somewhere even if it is kind of a pain to get working on windows. luckily some dude provides windows builds so its less bad but you still have to like have python installed

# ? Feb 23, 2015 20:09

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 12:49

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

http://www.viemu.com/

best hundred bucks i ever spent

# ? Feb 23, 2015 20:11

Valeyard: Mar 30, 2012; Grimey Drawer

i installed netbeans today op

# ? Feb 23, 2015 20:15

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

here u go http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/2802/jvi-vi-vim-editor-clone

every free vim clone ide plugin i've tried has been dogshit though

# ? Feb 23, 2015 20:19

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

I went straight from pico to emacs then quit coding forever which was the best choice

# ? Feb 23, 2015 20:34

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

wish you'd quit posting forever, etc.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 21:45

Share Bear: Apr 27, 2004

code:

syntax enable
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set number

# ? Feb 23, 2015 21:47

Tiny Bug Child: Sep 11, 2004; Avoid Symmetry, Allow Complexity, Introduce Terror

excellent thread, op. let's all share some of our best .vimrc snippets so we can learn from each other

quote:

map j gj
map k gk

this makes it so up and down work like they "should" when you turn line wrap on

quote:

set backspace=indent,eol,start
set hidden

this makes vim behave like a text editor. i have no idea why "hidden" is still even an option let alone not the default behavior

quote:

map <C-j> <C-W>j
map <C-k> <C-W>k
map <C-h> <C-W>h
map <C-l> <C-W>l

scoot the cursor around windows by hitting C-<movement key> instead of having to hit C-W first. (i also recommend doing the equivalent with tmux panes)

quote:

com! W w
com! E e
iab breka break
iab frmo from
iab clsas class
iab calss class
iab slef self
iab contorl control
iab cehcked checked
iab constnat constant

i have an apple keyboard at work and it's real easy to gently caress stuff up on an apple keyboard

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:03

Tiny Bug Child: Sep 11, 2004; Avoid Symmetry, Allow Complexity, Introduce Terror

vim is wonderful but it's dumb that its default behavior is to take "out of sight, out of mind" literally

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:06

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

what does hidden do

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:11

exe cummings: Jan 22, 2005

Tiny Bug Child posted:

excellent thread, op. let's all share some of our best .vimrc snippets so we can learn from each other

this makes it so up and down work like they "should" when you turn line wrap on

this makes vim behave like a text editor. i have no idea why "hidden" is still even an option let alone not the default behavior

scoot the cursor around windows by hitting C-<movement key> instead of having to hit C-W first. (i also recommend doing the equivalent with tmux panes)

i have an apple keyboard at work and it's real easy to gently caress stuff up on an apple keyboard

look at all this janitor crap you have to do to make it behave like the default behavior in Notepad.exe

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:16

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

Bloody posted:

what does hidden do

lets you load a buffer into a window that is already showing a buffer with unsaved changes, without being forced to save the changes

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:16

power botton: Nov 2, 2011

Dicky B posted:

lets you load a buffer into a window that is already showing a buffer with unsaved changes, without being forced to save the changes

lol @ all this jargon i just wanna type a code and save it with apple+s dawg

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:35

exe cummings: Jan 22, 2005

power botton posted:

lol @ all this jargon i just wanna type a code and save it with apple+s dawg

wrong, you have to form an identity from your text editor

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:38

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

Tiny Bug Child posted:

this makes it so up and down work like they "should" when you turn line wrap on

oh cool i couldn't remember the command for that

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:41

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

i get mad about ppl using tools to solve problems

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:42

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

it should only be used for ssh and git commits. if you use it for anything more than that you are probably autistic. hth op

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:43

Tiny Bug Child: Sep 11, 2004; Avoid Symmetry, Allow Complexity, Introduce Terror

yard salad posted:

wrong, you have to form an identity from your text editor

it's not about that, it's about using professional tools. vim has been refined over like 20 years to be The Programmer's Text Editor. it is very complex but if you master that complexity you will be able to edit text much more efficiently. if you are going to be editing text until you are 70, it is worth your while to learn how to do so as efficiently as you can

if it's your job to type text, then you should use the best tools for typing text. there's nothing wrong with going "lol i just wanna hit apple s and save my file" if you are not a professional developer. if you are a professional developer it is extraordinarily shameful to use some lovely shareware text editor. it's like a carpenter building a house with one of those 9.95 chinese 25-in-one plastic tool sets

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:43

Tiny Bug Child: Sep 11, 2004; Avoid Symmetry, Allow Complexity, Introduce Terror

triple sulk posted:

it should only be used for ssh and git commits. if you use it for anything more than that you are probably autistic. hth op

remember kids, sulk is the guy that a company told they packed up and moved to south america to avoid hiring him. don't be like sulk, who thinks learning how to do your job right is autistic. sulk is a bad example in pretty much every respect.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:44

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

Tiny Bug Child posted:

it's not about that, it's about using professional tools. vim has been refined over like 20 years to be The Programmer's Text Editor. it is very complex but if you master that complexity you will be able to edit text much more efficiently. if you are going to be editing text until you are 70, it is worth your while to learn how to do so as efficiently as you can

if it's your job to type text, then you should use the best tools for typing text. there's nothing wrong with going "lol i just wanna hit apple s and save my file" if you are not a professional developer. if you are a professional developer it is extraordinarily shameful to use some lovely shareware text editor. it's like a carpenter building a house with one of those 9.95 chinese 25-in-one plastic tool sets

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:44

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

sublime text is lovely shareware, fyi

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:45

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

vim is powered by Open Source

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:45

black man 3: Oct 29, 2014; by XyloJW

Looking forward to the next hundred pages of boring it worker drivel

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:45

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

pico/nano supremacy

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:47

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

bbedit is my favorite text editor ever

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:48

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

why can't i remap <Esc> in insertion mode? im trying to do
:inoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-N>
but it does nothing! it shows up in the list of remaps but does nothing at all. i checked by doin this:
:inoremap <Esc> j<Esc>
which should fart out a j then hit escape but it just hits escape

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:49

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

black man 3 posted:

Looking forward to the next hundred pages of boring it worker drivel

what's your favorite text editor, black man 3

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:50

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

I use MacVim so I get all of the vim goodness and command-s to save (and other standard apple keys)

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:56

CRIP EATIN BREAD: Jun 24, 2002; Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T; Soiled Meat

after a fresh install and installing https://github.com/skroll/dotvim my .vim dir is 200mb

# ? Feb 23, 2015 22:58

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Tiny Bug Child posted:

remember kids, sulk is the guy that a company told they packed up and moved to south america to avoid hiring him. don't be like sulk, who thinks learning how to do your job right is autistic. sulk is a bad example in pretty much every respect.

this post cements my theory that TBC is a Graham gimmick account

# ? Feb 23, 2015 23:06

GameCube: Nov 21, 2006

The Management posted:

this post cements my theory that TBC is a Graham gimmick account

i reject your theory because graham sucked and that would also mean that tiny bug intern was a fantasy

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treasure bear: Dec 10, 2012

:q!

# ? Feb 23, 2015 23:15

Squinty Applebottom: Jan 1, 2013

post your favorite "leader" key

# ? Feb 24, 2015 00:45

pram: Jun 10, 2001

Tiny Bug Child posted:

remember kids, sulk is the guy that a company told they packed up and moved to south america to avoid hiring him. don't be like sulk, who thinks learning how to do your job right is autistic. sulk is a bad example in pretty much every respect.

lol

# ? Feb 24, 2015 02:48

Jerry Bindle: May 16, 2003

code:

set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
syn on

set foldmethod=indent

# ? Feb 24, 2015 04:27

There Will Be Penalty: May 18, 2002; Makes a great pet!

Barnyard Protein posted:

code:

set shitwidth=4

# ? Feb 24, 2015 04:32

Symbolic Butt: Mar 22, 2009; (_!_); Buglord

folding is one thing that I never figured on vim

idk it just feels inherently awkward

# ? Feb 24, 2015 04:33

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

z-A or z-R or z-M or something i dont remember

# ? Feb 24, 2015 04:34

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

it was super awesome the week or two that i remembered it existed and figured out how it worked

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Smythe: Oct 12, 2003

Tiny Bug Child posted:

it's not about that, it's about using professional tools. vim has been refined over like 20 years to be The Programmer's Text Editor. it is very complex but if you master that complexity you will be able to edit text much more efficiently. if you are going to be editing text until you are 70, it is worth your while to learn how to do so as efficiently as you can

if it's your job to type text, then you should use the best tools for typing text. there's nothing wrong with going "lol i just wanna hit apple s and save my file" if you are not a professional developer. if you are a professional developer it is extraordinarily shameful to use some lovely shareware text editor. it's like a carpenter building a house with one of those 9.95 chinese 25-in-one plastic tool sets

# ? Feb 24, 2015 04:35

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