VIM – the most useful text editor
In our recent code- stuff hangout we walked through the features of VIM (Visual Improved) that made us fall in love with the tool at first sight.?
VIM is available across the most widely used operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows), and the most popular Python IDEs (PyCharm, Sublime Text, VSCode) all provide a kind of VIM emulation.?
VIM is popular for its modal editing design. This design makes its usage very logical and game-like. Its keystroke-based system and the ability to record behavioral editing patterns (macros) makes it super flexible and easily customizable. And, boy, do we all love automation!?
The discussion topics included the modal editing concept, navigating efficiently, mastering essential commands, utilizing registers and buffers effectively, and leveraging advanced features like macros and regular expressions. And since there are multiple approaches to automation in VIM, we each shared our preferred methods. Thus, even the most experienced users among us ended up discovering new tricks.?
For those folks who would like to get started with or get more out of VIM, here are some fun tools our team recommends trying:?
Go ahead and just VIM it ???