Vim demystified: ten commands you can start using today
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View ArticleLearn to speak vim – verbs, nouns, and modifiers!
Using vim is like talking to your editor in ‘verb modifier object’ sentences, turned into acronyms learn some verbs: v (visual), c (change), d (delete), y (yank/copy). these are the most important....
View ArticleConvert rspec pending to xit with vim
RSpec has two ways of disabling tests: pending and xit. Except one of them is truly evil. Pending actually still runs the before block even when it’s disabled. This is bad when you have a test with a...
View ArticleHow to change vim syntax colors that are annoying you
If you look at code all day, having readable colors is going to be the biggest thing that saves your eyes. Here’s how I tweak my colors any time they bother me. To start, you’ll need this little piece...
View ArticleStop using colon commands in vim
Time for another vim geekout! :) Typing colon :commands is really slow. You have to hit shift, colon, command, plus enter to execute. You’re taking a 3 keypress overhead every time you use one. So...
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