Brief History of Vim

Line Editors

• TECO 1963 
• QED 1965
• ed 1971
• em- editor for mortals
• en
• ex 1976

Vi is Ex

:visual

:vi

Vim

• Vi IMproved
• 1988-1991
• Bram Moolenaar
• charityware

The future?

Vim's Big Ideas

• Extensibility
• Composability
• Modality

Extensibility

• Customizations
• Themes
• Plugins

Composability

• dw- delete word
• d$- delete to the end of line
• cw- change word
• d2w- delete 2 words
• yw- yank word
• ct'- change to single quote

Modality

• Normal mode (command mode)
• Insert mode
• Visual mode
• Command line mode
• Ex mode

Who Shouldn't Learn Vim

• If you can't touch type
• If you're just beginning to learn programming
• If you're in the middle of a big project
• If you're happy with your current editor

Touch Typing

typing.io

Who Should Learn Vim

• If you love the terminal
• If you hate using the mouse
• If you have time to dedicate to getting started
• If you're a continual learner
• If you know someone who uses vim

(you might also want to look into emacs)

Learn the Basics

Books

• Practical Vim by Drew Neil

Articles

• danielmiessler.com/study/vim
• yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively
• adamwadeharris.com/how-to-learn-vim

Websites

• vi.stackexchange.com

• reddit.com/r/vim

Interactive

• Vim Adventures

• vimtutor

• openvim.com

• :help

Videos

• Derek Wyatt- derekwyatt.org

• Vim casts by Drew Neil- vimcasts.org

• 7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0 by Bram Moolenaar

• More Instantly Better Vim by Damian Conway

• Smash into Vim- pluralsight.com/courses/smash-into-vim

• The Art of Vim- upcase.com/the-art-of-vim

https://github.com/LevelbossMike/vim_shortcut_wallpaper

www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html

Version Control Your Dotfiles

dotfiles.github.io

Make a dotfiles repo

dotfiles/
  setup.sh
  vim/
    bundle/
      Vundle.vim
    colors/
      solarized.vim
    vimrc
  vimrc -> vim/vimrc

Setup script

# This script creates symlinks from the home directory to any desired dotfiles in ~/dotfiles
############################

########## Variables

dir=~/dotfiles                    # dotfiles directory
olddir=~/dotfiles_old             # old dotfiles backup directory
# list of files/folders to symlink in homedir
files="vim vimrc"

##########

# create dotfiles_old in homedir
echo -n "Creating $olddir for backup of any existing dotfiles in ~ ..."
mkdir -p $olddir
echo "done"

# change to the dotfiles directory
echo -n "Changing to the $dir directory ..."
cd $dir
echo "done"

# move any existing dotfiles in homedir to dotfiles_old directory, then create symlinks from the homedir to any files in the ~/dotfiles directory specified in $files
for file in $files; do
    echo "Moving $file from ~ to $olddir"
    mv ~/.$file ~/dotfiles_old/
    echo "Creating symlink to $file in home directory."
    ln -s $dir/$file ~/.$file
done

.vim -> /Users/adamharris/dotfiles/vim
.vimrc -> /Users/adamharris/dotfiles/vimrc
dotfiles/
  setup.sh
  vim/
    bundle/
      Vundle.vim
    colors/
      solarized.vim
    vimrc
  vimrc -> vim/vimrc

Plugin Managers

Plugin Managers

• Vundle
• Pathogen
• NeoBundle
• vim-plug
• VAM (vim-addon-manager)
• oh-my-vim

Install Vundle

$ git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

Put this in your .vimrc

set nocompatible
filetype off

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()

Plugin 'gmarik/Vundle.vim'

# example plugin
Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'

call vundle#end()
filetype plugin indent on

Install Plugins

Plugin 'tpope/vim-sensible'

:PluginInstall

Cool Plugins

ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim

tpope/vim-commentary

airblade/vim-gitgutter

matze/vim-move

terryma/vim-multiple-cursors

tpope/vim-surround

Yggdroot/indentLine

Other Plugins

• tpope/vim-sensible
• tpope/vim-sleuth
• vim-scripts/IndexedSearch

JavaScript Plugins

• scrooloose/syntastic
• Valloric/YouCompleteMe
• marijnh/tern_for_vim
• maksimr/vim-jsbeautify
• heavenshell/vim-jsdoc

Html Plugins

• docunext/closetag.vim​

mattn/emmet-vim

CSS Plugins

• ap/vim-css-color

Git Plugins

• tpope/vim-fugitive
• vimcasts 5 part series on fugitive

Make it Pretty

Install Color Scheme

$ mv solarized.vim ~/.vim/colors/

Bundle 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'

syntax enable
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized

Manual Installation

Or install with Vundle

Then put this in your .vimrc

Use vim for git commit messages

.gitconfig

[core]
    editor = vim

.vimrc

" Turn on spell checking for commit messages
" and automatic wrapping at the recommeneded 72 characters
autocmd Filetype gitcommit setlocal spell textwidth=72