Gracefully degrading .vimrc
If you work on many machines with varying operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, BSD) and in various upgrade states, particularly if some of the machines are a lot older or have more minimal or...
View ArticleLocal .vimrc files
If you can, it’s a good idea to set up your .vimrc file using conditionals so that it’s compatible on all of the systems with which you need to work. Using one .vimrc file enables you to include it as...
View ArticleAdvanced Vim macros
Vim’s massive command set in both normal and command mode makes the concept of a macro especially powerful. Most Vim users, if they ever use macros at all, will perhaps quickly record an edit to one...
View ArticleGracefully degrading .vimrc
If you work on many machines with varying operating systems (Windows, GNU/Linux, MacOS X, BSD) and in various upgrade states, particularly if some of the machines are a lot older or have more minimal...
View ArticleLocal .vimrc files
If you can, it’s a good idea to set up your .vimrc file using conditionals so that it’s compatible on all of the systems with which you need to work. Using one .vimrc file enables you to include it as...
View ArticleAdvanced Vim macros
Vim’s massive command set in both normal and command mode makes the concept of a macro especially powerful. Most Vim users, if they ever use macros at all, will perhaps quickly record an edit to one...
View ArticleVimways: From .vimrc to .vim
I’ve written a new article over on Vimways for the 2018 Vim advent calendar. It’s about converting a long and unwieldy .vimrc into a ~/.vim runtime directory.
View ArticleVimways: Runtime hackery
I’ve written another new article over on Vimways for the 2018 Vim advent calendar. This is a followup to my previous article, adding some more detail about ways to use Vim’s runtime directory structure.
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