A Visual Walkthrough of New Features in Vim 7.0 406
An anonymous reader writes "Anybody who has used Linux or any other OS would be aware of the very powerful and feature rich text editor Vi. This interesting article takes a visual look at some of the new features in the latest version of Vim 7.0 — a Vi clone created by Bram Moolenaar. From the article: 'Just for once, I wouldn't mind siding with the beast if that is what it takes to use Vi. The modern avatar of Vi is Vim — the free editor created by Bram Moolenaar. Riding from strength to strength, this editor in its 7th version is a powerhouse as far as an editor is concerned. When ever I use Vim (or GVim for that matter), it gives me the impression of the Beauty and the Beast.'"
editors are for wimps (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, "real men" score higher on machismo than common sense.
C'mon.. there is nothing that really needs saying on this topic, let the flame
wars begin.
Re:Its been decided. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:editors are for wimps (Score:4, Funny)
>Real men just input the entire program at the command line using cat>myprog.c
Huh? Try directly typing into GCC next time, you know, like:
Looks good (Score:5, Funny)
New features (Score:3, Funny)
"later" command ... (Score:5, Funny)
I realise that I have made a mistake. I can easily take the document to a point 10 minutes back by using the command
Or for that matter, move to a point 5 seconds ahead by using the command:
Re:No, it's *not* Moolenaar (Score:5, Funny)
#ifndef READER_IS_GERMAN
An example
E.g. Göring -> Goering, or Führer to Fuehrer.
#else
#endif
When Pressed For Time... use VIM (Score:5, Funny)
FTFA:
AWESOME! Need to finish writing a paper? Normally take about 2 hours? Just type in
:later 2h
No muss, no fuss.
Woohoo: Eight Megabytes And Continuously Swapping (Score:0, Funny)
Hmmm, hang-on, that doesn't sound as bad-ass as it did in the nineties.
Re:Its been decided. (Score:5, Funny)
Prime Difference between Linux and Windows Users (Score:5, Funny)
Ed, man! (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html [gnu.org]
Re:"later" command ... (Score:2, Funny)
I cranked up my emacs to see if it had that-
M-x earlier 10y
And I got vi.
After searching the internet on how to do fucking anything in vi (I forgot the
And I'm back again. Whew. So yah, later works too.
Re:Its been decided. (Score:3, Funny)
(And I even remember the days when that was a lot).
Re:Prime Difference between Linux and Windows User (Score:5, Funny)
Noooooooooooooo......
Re:"later" command ... (Score:3, Funny)
Burn him! (Score:5, Funny)
Recently, Richard Stallman gave a speech in which he illustrated an academic point about programming history by quoting a guy who described vi as 'an editor spread at sword-point and which is really hard to use'.
I think I speak for all moderate vi(m) users when I say -- DEATH and DAMNATION (in that order) to this Cardinal of the CTRL key! Needless to say my own local vim user group has dispatched assassins to kill Mr. Stallman, but this is hardly the end of the story. The fact is that a man has referred to another man who in turn expressed some often-voiced reservations about OUR EDITOR! On behalf of all editors of text everywhere, I implore EMACS users to return to the true path, lest you be burned at the stake and then go to hell, the Buffer From Which There Is No Unloading. We'll see how productive you are then, with your ctrl-meta-alt and your ELISP and your 'ring buffer', whatever THAT is.
Peace and love to all.
^C
^X
quit
q
QUIT
exit
zz
ZZ
Re:editors are for wimps (Score:5, Funny)
A real man writes directly to the disk with a magnetised paperclip.
Re:Its been decided. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Its been decided. (Score:1, Funny)
Actually, it's the only way (Score:5, Funny)
I know the best way to learn to use Vim is to use it every day.
That's the only way. Getting to like vi (or vim) requires that you damage your brain, and a tool to do that is already to hand - vi. After using it every day for a while, it will seem quite natural to you that the letter "l" is the command to move the cursor to the right.
Re:editors are for wimps (Score:5, Funny)
in my day we had to arrange stones monoliths on hills to store data.
Real men of genius (Score:5, Funny)
Today we salute you Mr. vi editor coder guy.
Mr. vi editor coder guy!
You type at lightning speed while while the rest of us squint our eyes in wonder.
What the hell you just did to my file!?
You scour through code like a red-hot knife on butter
now my file looks funny in Notepad!!
Thanks to you Mr. vi editor coder guy, you remind us, it's all about the code!
Mr vi editor coder guy!
B*rn you, vimperialist! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Emacs (Score:4, Funny)
Enough said, yet the author goes on to write an entire paragraph?
Perhaps Neal Stephenson does not quite grasp the meaning of "enough?" Judging by the length of his books, I guess that's probably true.
Re:editors are for wimps (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bill Joy (Score:3, Funny)
Re:editors are for wimps (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Its been decided. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Meanwhile... (Score:4, Funny)
Fetch porn?