It's funny how this thread has become the VI-VIM thread :) I forced myself to learn vi because it's the only thing you are sure to find on any older Unix machines.
I had a hard time remembering anything more than basic editing, so I bought the vi mug... http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/exclusives/7bbe/ David Montminy Mark Styles wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:38:56PM -0400, Nick Nobody wrote: > >> On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 16:48 -0400, Chris O'Regan wrote: >> >>>> VIM is a simple text editor [...] >>>> >>> Simple?! I keep learning new things in VIM that often save me *hours* >>> of work, and I probably use only 1% of its features. I figure that >>> once I learn 5%, my work-week will be a few minutes long and at 10% I >>> will actually start going back in time... >>> >>> >>> Chris >>> >> Please share some these "things". >> >> I tried using vim for a week and gave up after a day. I found that it >> was much more efficient to simply use kate or gedit... >> >> So I guess my question is: Why is vim so amazing? >> > > This presentation will give you an idea: > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/263139/VIM-for-PHP-Programmers > > Some highlights: > > keyboard focused means less hand movement > syntax highlighting > powerful search and replace > ability to run shell commands on buffers > understands text objects (words, sentences, paragraphs, code blocks) > macro recording > unlimited undo > time travel (yes, really; :earlier 10m takes you back to 10 mins ago) > windows and tabs (which I don't use, I prefer multiple xterms) > tab completion for files, commands, language functions > the infamous tetris plugin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
