If you use Vim on multiple platforms like I do, you may find it convenient to know that you can detect the platform your installation Vim was compiled for in Vimscript. With this functionality you can put all your settings for all your systems in a single vimrc file. Read the rest of this entry »
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One of the features I find very convenient in Vim editing in visual blocks.
With CTRL+V (while in normal mode) you can activate the visual block mode, by using the standard movement keys (h, j, k, l or the arrow keys). You can perform various operations on visual blocks (check the help with :help v), in this article I will describe how you can prepend or append text to a block. Read the rest of this entry »
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By default Ubuntu comes with gedit as it’s text editor (if you are using the standard Ubuntu version, which comes with Gnome), I however personally prefer to use vim instead. If you don’t have gvim installed yet, you can do so by installing the gvim-gnome package. To make gvim your default text editor do the following: Read the rest of this entry »
Over the years I have used numerous programming editors and IDE (integrated development environment) programs. At the beginning of this year I decided that it was time to pick one text editor and master it. I decided to take a look at two long time players on the text editing field that are available on most platforms and then choose one to master… I am talking about Emacs and Vim. Read the rest of this entry »
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