Comments on: Advanced Vim Tutorial

By: Bharat

Bharat — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Re:
how abt having somthin like autocmd but execute it only when its a new file ?

By: Kunal

Kunal — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Whew!
13 pages… That was one long read, but totally worth it!!

By: kulbir saini

kulbir saini — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

virtual ttys
it was an amazing tut. well we would like to have more next sem. but would you please post something regarding the ttys, i discussed with u last night. Thanks a lot for the tut.

By: paresh

paresh — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

*decent expertise*
having seen smr programming firsthand on countless times and after using his .vimrc for more than 2 years (thanks for it smr), i can vouch that he has more than a “decent expertise” in vim.

guys, try his .vimrc, u’ll forget every other IDE in (pla)net.

By: R

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Re:
Where do we obtain his .vimrc?

By: Emacs

Emacs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Re:
How come your not a fan of emacs ?

By: Because Emacs users can't read

Because Emacs users can't read — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Re:
From the tutorial:

Another equally good editor. GNU & RMS product. Lisp based.
Emacs vs Vim
its your call.
But let the reason be more than geekyness and blind support
of GNU.
Bottom line If unlike me you ï¬nd Ctrl-X Alt-Y Shift-Z natural
way of editing, there is no reason you shouldnt use it.
Emacs Tutorial
Ctrl-h t emacs turorial. Good enough to get you started.
Ctrl-x u/Ctrl-/ undo
Ctrl-s search
Ctrl-h c show help on
Ctrl-h k show more help on
Ctrl-h f describe a function
Ctrl-h a show command apropos
Ctrl-x 1 close all windows but active
Alt-x execute a command by its name
Ctrl-g quit current command. Return to normal mode.
Ctrl-x Ctrl-c quit emacs

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Look at the following links:-
http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html
http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.html

Though I must agree that I have slowly started liking emacs