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Question: Any good resource or site recommendations for a complete gVim newbie? (And yeah, I will certainly dig gVim's help system, I know it's all there, but the info is "objective". I actually need something "subjective" or "biased" even, something like "oh yeah, this is my must-have plug-in", or "don't use that, or you'll screw things up if you are doing x", that sort of thing, you know what I mean? Otherwise, there's really no "direction" of where I'm heading to.)
One more thing, I'm a Windows user, if that matters.
Background / Chatter
For those who don't know, Vim is a text editor (it is actually more than that, but anyways)
It is not until I see videos that demonstrate Vim (gVim in my case) that I realize how much potential it has (and how much life span I have wasted).
It is the most dull yet sexiest thing I have ever seen. It just nakedly turns me on.
So, after all these years of using other editors and IDEs, I've decided to start moving away from GUI editors and IDEs into Vim.
Certainly lots and lots of habits to kill, it feels like I am sending myself into rehab (which, ironically, I'm listening to Amy Whinehouse right now). I will eventually quit coffee some time in my life, so I might as well try this right now first. (Doesn't matter if you don't know what I'm talking about) But after all these years of coding and just after seeing this beast of its own, I just know this is what I really want. The end to my ultimate search for a truely powerful editor is now finally visible. I will, one day, retire, and still use Vim, I just know it.Started By Terry Young on Oct 24, 2009 at 9:38:47 PM
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| Earlier Replies | Replies 1 to 3 of 3 | Later Replies | | | ChrisRickard on Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34:48 PM (# 1) >I will eventually quit coffee some time in my life
You had me following along until that point. Now I think you're just being sarcastic.
Jockrock on Oct 27, 2009 at 4:38:12 PM (# 2)Downloaded and testing - Inital reaction is good - love the way it marries the correspondant tag. Great for a syntax typo monkey like me.
Terry Young on Oct 29, 2009 at 10:15:56 AM (# 3)
This message has been edited.I've managed to mod the javascript and aspvbs syntax files to honour coding conventions that we've been using, very customized so that it distinguishes different variable types, globals, in/out parameters and stuff.
(such a fine-grain level of syntax highlighting is great, as it already helped me quickly spot several discreet bugs because javascript is case-sensitive. It also quickly helped me spot lots of lacking of Set X = Nothing in my ASP code)
The default javascript syntax is suprisingly dull though. Plus I've added ADO and XML DOM highlighting for aspvbs, since those are comming things I do in ASP.
EditPlus never did give me such a level of highlighting.
Now what I need is a fine-level of text alignment automation, such as aligning all comments to Col X, that sort of thing. I'm experimenting with the Align plugin. I hope I don't have to hack it this time.
p.s. It's so damn hard to kick the old shortcut key habits. Now, if only I could figure out how to automate all of this, then I can promote myself from Typist to something fruitful...
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