A Good Vimrc (2014)(dougblack.io) |
A Good Vimrc (2014)(dougblack.io) |
[1]: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2WjJbmmoM [3]: https://github.com/nelstrom/dotfiles [4]: https://github.com/tpope [5]: https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-editio...
Actually true for most human-configurable setting files.
Do you want to use tabs when you press tab, or spaces? If spaces, then _how many_?
Do you want to automatically (infuriatingly IMO) continue comments and completely wreck the ability to paste text without also _telling_ vim that you intend to paste via the `set paste` command?
Simple stuff like that, you know?
git clone https://github.com/me/my-dotfile-repo
cd my-dotfile-repo
stow --target=$HOME zsh
stow --target=$HOME vim
...
[0]: http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to...
I keep my dotfiles repo on a vps where I manage the repos with gitosis.
Nice documentation like this fine blog post for free^^
This is very well documented , but not "actually" literal programming. It's a losing battle over this definition but since you said actually I'll go for it one last time :p
In literal programming, the order of the explanation dictates the flow of text. Conversely, well documented source code follows the order of the program.
The literate programming paradigm, as conceived by Knuth, represents a move away from writing programs in the manner and order imposed by the computer, and instead enables programmers to develop programs in the order demanded by the logic and flow of their thoughts.[2] Literate programs are written as an uninterrupted exposition of logic in an ordinary human language, much like the text of an essay, in which macros are included to hide abstractions and traditional source code.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming
Literate programming in this specific case would include a big overview of the entire file somewhere with references to each section. These would then be pulled in and included at compile time.
org-mode supports noweb-like chunks, so you can do "real, Knuth-like" literate programming. It just makes little sense in the case of configuration files because they're just a collection of mostly-independent bits.
If you're interested in that area I encourage you to give it a try.
The thing that gets me is vim's lack for auto completion for stuff like scala. Has anyone managed to set that up?
I've been using it for a month or so. It's very easy to set up and configure, and it's built with evil-mode in mind. It also has very good modes for development - I use it for Go and everything including completion and hinting function signatures worked right out of the box once the Go layer was installed (which is one line in your .spacemacs)
And everytime someone I ask about this someone point me to some "superior paradigm". It ain't superior if I don't like it :)
Did the emacs fundamentals tutorial. Installed evil. Got a little frustrated when some things didn't work exactly as expected. Also there is a weird TLS bug with the melpa and marmalade repos and the packaged emacs that debian stable offers. If I need to compile something then Neovim starts looking more attractive (I'm not aware of any package for debian stable atm but am happy to be corrected).
Now I'm just looking to try to solve my problems in vim again :)
There are packages for Jessie at the very least.
When I learned Vim, I started with the `vimtutor` tutorial. At the end of the tutorial, it suggests Learning the Vi Editor - by Linda Lamb (O’Reilly)[1] for further reading. I found this book to be excellent for providing a solid grounding on Vi – and its descendants such as Vim. For a while, I constrained myself to using Vim in Vi-compatibilty mode before using the many wonderful features provided by Vim.
I try to keep my vimrc as lean as possible so that I’m not reliant on having it available (even though I have it in a Git repository on my VPS) and it’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve started adding plugins to it (Syntastic and Unicycle).
I've been using vim for years, but I completely disagree with your statement. I rarely find the "," key useful, so to me it was a no-brainer to switch to using it as the leader. I just have ",;" mapped to the functionality that "," used to do.
I use ";" all the time, but searching backwards just barely comes up. Usually, I'll hit "home" and then repeat my "f" search if I need it.
I use `,` as Leader, as well as to search back if I happen to `;` over something I was looking for. I don't mind waiting 400ms (my `timeoutlen`).
Who knew it would be that easy to switch to your own personal VIM setup?
Replace copies with links and you are golden. Yeah, you can write a simple script to create those links for you, but Stow seems pretty full featured.
2) By using copies instead of symlinks you'll need to run your script Everytime you make changes and be careful to edit only your clone instead of the target location.