In each episode, Drew Neil demonstrates one of Vim's features, showing how to incorporate it into your workflow.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 hours 14 minutes
Soft wrapping text
Long lines of text can be wrapped if they don’t fit inside the window. By default, Vim will happily split in the middle of a word. This episode demonstrates how to use the ‘linebreak’ option to make Vim break lines without breaking words.
The file explorer
This episode demonstrates how Vim’s native file browser can be used to explore and manipulate the file system.
The :edit command
This episode focuses on the :edit command. I demonstrate how to open files whose location is relative to the current working directory, then I show how to create a mapping which makes it easier to open files in the same directory as the one in the active window.
Cleaning up with Vim
Do you have trouble cleaning up with your text editor? Does it cut through the toughest grease, grime and syntax errors? Are you burning your hands on too many hotkeys?
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Modal editing: undo, redo and repeat
Vim’s modal editing paradigm - the newbie killer - brings tremendous efficiency if only you can learn to work with it, rather than against it. This episode demonstrates how the undo and repeat commands can benefit from spending short bursts of time in insert mode.
Using the changelist and jumplist
This episode introduces the changelist and jumplist, demonstrating a couple of situations where they are useful.
Creating the Vimcasts logo as ASCII art
Demonstrating miscellaneous tips and tricks gleaned whilst making an ASCII art version of the VimCasts.org logo. Learn how to duplicate lines, copy and paste with visual block mode, search and replace within a visual selection, and how to use macros.
How to use tabs
Vim’s treatment of tabs is a little different than what you might be used to if you are coming from another editor. In this episode I demonstrate how Vim’s tabs can be used to group split windows together. I also show how to use Vim’s tabs like projects in TextMate, by setting a different working directory for each one.
Working with tabs
This episode covers the essential commands for working with Vim’s tab pages: opening and closing, switching, and moving them.
Working with windows
In Vim, you can view several buffers at once by loading them into multiple windows. This episode demonstrates all the essentials of working with windows: opening, closing, resizing, moving between and rearranging them.