Vim for Fun
summary
Vim claims to be fast (dates to 1991), handles huge files and long lines, and turns editing into a decades-long game; the demo shows concrete commands (hjkl, dw, ci(, v/ V/ Ctrl-V, dd, yy, p), registers and macros with recording via qq and replay (ran a macro 15 times), completion via Ctrl‑P, and modern features in neovim such as the language server protocol plus plugins; a vimgolf example reaches the target in 27 keystrokes (winning is 26).
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Start
- 2:43Interlude
- 3:47Fear
- 4:46Taking Risks
- 6:32Vim as a Text Editor
- 10:23Automate Vim
- 12:23Normal Mode
- 19:06Go Back a Word
- 20:02Search
- 20:38Search Backwards
- 22:03Insert Mode
- 23:13Delete a Line
- 23:49Change the Case of a Character
- 26:18Replace a Single Character
- 27:33Trailing White Space
- 28:49Undo
- 30:02Copying and Pasting
- 31:11Copy to the End of the Line
- 34:04Insert Modes Tips
- 35:55Joining Lines
- 36:37Visual Mode
- 37:14Selection
- 38:59Command Line Mode
- 41:05Regular Expressions
- 43:54Tabs
- 46:18Relative Line Numbers
- 46:45Macros for Vim
- 48:07Vim Golf
- 50:14Recording a Macro
- 1:01:55Perl Regular Expressions
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