If any of you are already using Vim and have some tips or tricks, let us know!įor now all that's left is to save, commit and push this file. So here we go, I've written this post in Vim, the keyboard is still intact, I haven't cursed and screamed more than usual, so I suppose we're off to a good start.Īs a bonus I've decided I'll keep you guys informed of my progress and share my findings, tips and useful plugins I might stumble upon whilst enduring this ordeal :)
And it will probably lead to some cursing and frustration. I’ve been using Daniel Fischer’s replacement icons since then, but today I got bored again. Decompress it (double click) and drag MacVim.app to your Applications folder. Get the latest snapshot of MacVim from here (make sure you have the correct OSX version). Skip the next steps if you want to use the regular Vim instead. This time around I'm going to force myself to stay in Vim. I got bored with the default MacVim icon a long time ago, before I was even using it regularly. MacVim adds a graphical interface to Vim that can help newcomers (only for OSX users, others should consider GVim).
GETTING MACVIM CODE
whenever I was trying out Vim and found myself having to actually "quickly" edit a file or whip up some code I switched to my trustworthy Sublime.
I have started out with macvim and now fairly comfortable with the navigation (on a single file) and now I need to write a whole project (say rails) using mvim. You can easily add folders to your project (single ones, or recursively), specify filters, etc.
GETTING MACVIM HOW TO
The new plan is not as exciting or brilliant as one might hope, but it's one that might just work: Forceful editing What? Well, it's simple really. filesystem - Getting started with macvim, how to manage a project vim file browser (4) PROJECT is really awesome. I've tried Vim a couple of times over the last few months, but pretty much every attempt lead quickly to being overwhelmed by all the different commands and feeling about a gazillion times slower as I did when using Sublime Text Edit 2. No immediate need, just a personal goal if you will. Is it possible to get MacVim to remember what it had open and auto-recover on a machine crash.
So why do I willingly put myself through the torture of using the monster that is Vim? Well, just like a lot of developers out there, I've had a long time desire to be able to use Vim properly. Annoying blank window in MacVim - how to get rid of it Ask Question Asked 9 years, 11 months ago. Is it possible to get MacVim to remember what it had open and auto-recover on a machine crash Close.
GETTING MACVIM SOFTWARE
Except for the paying for software thing I still feel dirty about that. I think it was deserving of the hype it usually receives from Ruby developers on Macs. Back when I got my MacBook last fall, I chose to go with TextMate for Ruby and Rails development, despite being a long vim user. Trying not to touch the arrow keys, not use the h-j-k-l too extensively either, work with A and I a lot, and generally trying not to cock things up too much by hitting the wrong commands. Getting back to my vim roots with MacVim. I would like vim to point to macvim :)Probably through an alias.vim is here: whereis vim/usr/bin/vimmacvim I can't find, e.g.
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