7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0

Google · 330.1K views · 2007-07-24 · 1:20:30

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Overview

Vim author Bram Moolenaar's 2007 Google Tech Talk on habits for efficient text editing: find inefficiencies in your own editing, then learn the Vim commands that fix them.

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Recommended as practical advice straight from Vim's author, and shared in memory of Bram after his death.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2012–2023

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Testing, debugging & developer tools Productivity & self-improvement

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anaphor · 2019-07 · Recommendation
This video of a talk that Bram Moolenaar (the author of vim) gave at Google in 2007 has some pretty good advice. [VIDEO] Mainly the idea is to not try and learn everything about vim, but instead pay attention to how you use it, and find things that are inefficient or could be easier, and then go figure out how to make vim do that thing more efficiently.
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e12e · 2012-09 · Recommendation
I'm not sure this is an answer for you, as you ask for "tools like LXC for virtualizing a production environment", but have you looked at Vagrant? I don't use OS X myself, but AFAIK it should work fine on OS X, see eg: "Django project deployment with vagrant and fabric" [LINK] and maybe: [LINK] As for "vim-elite" -- that really isn't what vim is about at all -- I recommend having a look at: "7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0" [VIDEO] As for window management on OS X -- again, I don't really use OS X -- but maybe something like: [LINK] can help? edit: Added titles for video links, additional vagrant link.
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mahidhar · 2023-08 · Reference
I remember watching his Google talk[0] several years ago while learning vim. RIP and thank you for your contributions. [0] [VIDEO]
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