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Category Archives: Vim

Lazyweb: Vim to gist.github.com?

24-Nov-08

Dear Lazyweb: I’d like to sync drafts from Vim to gist.github.com. I suspect that this is a problem someone else has solved. Anyone know a good site with scripts or tips on how to do this?
Basically I want my workflow to be something like this: Create document in Vim, sync to gist.github.com (preferably private unless [...]

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New Gaim 2.0 beta 3 packages — now for Dapper Drake!

14-Jun-06

Since Dapper is out now, I’ve had a request for an amd64 package of the Gaim 2.0 beta 3 for Dapper. I’m throwing in a x86 package at no additional charge. Should be stable, but standard caveats apply — may be unstable, eat your data, or otherwise do terrible nasty things to your computer. If [...]

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More Vim goodness

14-Jun-06

Another Vim tips piece is up on Linux.com today, this time I covered mappings and abbreviations.
I make heavy use of mappings and abbreviations for several things, correcting common typos (like thier instead of their, or teh instead of the), long names or names with foreign characters when I’m writing a news story with several [...]

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Another Vim tips article: Using folding

24-May-06

Okay, another Vim tips article is up on Linux.com, this time I cover using folds, which is a method of hiding lines of text — really, super useful if you’re working on longer documents.
I hope people are enjoying the Vim series, or at least finding it useful. I plan to cover a few more topics [...]

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Using marks and jumps in Vim

17-May-06

The second in my Vim series is up on Linux.com today. This one looks at using Vim’s marks command, and using jumps — that is, movements within a file, like G to move to the end of the file, or gg to move to the top of the file.
The Vim series will be running [...]

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Vim tutorials, using viewports

10-May-06

A few weeks ago, I started writing up some short tutorials on using “advanced” features within Vim. Vim’s a great editor, but I think most users tend to use only about 5% to 10% of its functionality — I know that was true for me when I first started using Vim. The first in the [...]

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