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3d

So far in my .vimrc I have one solitary plugin morhetz/gruvbox. I will add more but not lots as I quite like minimal. #Vim #OpenBSD

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I'm a #Neovim user but those voices in my head keep trying to persuade me to use #Vim instead. I've spent days reading folks configs and reasons for and against and no I'm not considering Vi, Ed or the church. I've tried Helix too and it's just not suited the back to my roots style. I'm loving #OpenBSD with ksh and I don't know why but Vim just keeps calling. Think the only way to resolve this would be to run both side by side ??? I guess I'm just showing my age by going old school. #RunBSD

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2d

Oooh how have I only just discovered omni completion for #Vim ? You can almost get away with not having a plugin like neoclide/coc.nvim. I might try this method and see how I get on.

You just add this to your ~/.vimrc and operate as below.

filetype plugin on
set omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete

To invoke omni completion, press the Ctrl + x key combination () and then press one of the following key combinations to get the desired result:

<Ctrl + ]>: Tags file completion
<Ctrl + d>: Definition completion
<Ctrl + f>: Filename completion (based on files in $PWD)
<Ctrl + i>: Path pattern completion
<Ctrl + k>: Dictionary completion
<Ctrl + l>: Whole line completion
<Ctrl + n>: Keyword local completion
<Ctrl + o>: Omni completion completion
<Ctrl + v>: Command line completion

#RunBSD

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2d

Interesting read on using netrw instead of nerdtree in #Vim . I think I'll try this out and that'll be another often used plugin crossed off of my list. 💪

https://shapeshed.com/vim-netrw/

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2d

I still cannot believe that I only have one plugin installed in my new #Vim config and yet in my #Neovim you can see below what I have installed. Yes I know I've not got the same functionality as with all those plugins but I'm trying to see how minimal I can go and still get by. I am enjoying this journey so far and may well stay with team vim. Also I might still add a couple more plugins to my vim config if I need ?

alpha
indent-blankline
mason
nvim-tree
vim-illuminate
colorizer
noice
nvim-treesitter
whichkey
comment
lualine-nvim
nvim-cmp
nvim-web-devicons
gruvbox
mason-lspconfig
nvim-lspconfig
telescope

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1d

Who needs a plugin for commenting in #vim when you can just use visual block mode.

First, move the cursor to the first char of the first line in block code you want to comment, then type Ctrl + v.

Then vim will go into VISUAL BLOCK mode.

Use j to move the cursor down until you reach the last line of your code block. Then type: Shift + i
Now vim goes to INSERT mode and the cursor is at the first char of the first line. Finally, type # then ESC and the code block is now commented.

Note that at first sight, the editing does not seem to differ from changing a single line. The changes will only be applied to the whole block after hitting ESC.

To uncomment, do the same things but instead of type Shift + i, you just type x to remove all # after highlight them in VISUAL BLOCK mode.

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1d

Another TIL using #vim

If you move the cursor over a word say printf and press K (upper case K) the manpage for printf should appear.

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1d

Hmmmm make my own custom tab / statusline and have my .vimrc grow or just use the vim-airline plugin? #vim

https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline

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1d

I reckon this quote by Steven Jay Cohen on Reddit just about sums up the reason why I'm considering going back to #vim . The only diffence is that I will have a couple of plugins but nothing as convoluted as my present Neovim setup.

Because I realized that all of the thing that I truly needed to do were part of Vim's Core Functionality. And, that many of the plugins I had installed just re-implemented core Vim features in slightly different ways.

So, I got myself used to the native Vim way of doing things, and dumped all of the plugins one by one. And now, I just open Vim and get work done with very little left to tweak in a streamlined vimrc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/16cdbyd/comment/jziruaw/

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1d

I reckon this quote by Steven Jay Cohen on Reddit just about sums up the reason why I'm considering going back to #vim . The only diffence is that I will have a couple of plugins but nothing as convoluted as my present Neovim setup.

Because I realized that all of the thing that I truly needed to do were part of Vim's Core Functionality. And, that many of the plugins I had installed just re-implemented core Vim features in slightly different ways.

So, I got myself used to the native Vim way of doing things, and dumped all of the plugins one by one. And now, I just open Vim and get work done with very little left to tweak in a streamlined vimrc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/16cdbyd/comment/jziruaw/

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20h

It might be increasing the code in my .vimrc but do you know what ? Building my own status and tabline is so much fun and I'm learning new stuff as I progress. #vim

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23h

The deed is done and I am now solely using #vim. I have removed neovim and node along with their config.

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17h

Hmmm I'm trying to change the mode color in #vim and these lines work but the last one does not as it needs double quotes but you can't use them there.

set statusline+=%#DiffAdd#%{(mode()=='n')?'\ \ NORMAL\ ':''}
set statusline+=%#Color458588#%{(mode()=='i')?'\ \ INSERT\ ':''}
set statusline+=%#ReplaceColor#%{(mode()=='R')?'\ \ REPLACE\ ':''}
set statusline+=%#VisualColor#%{(mode()=='v')?'\ \ VISUAL\ ':''}
set statusline+=%#PmenuSel#%{(mode()=='\<C-V>')?'\ \ BLOCK\ ':''}

How can I get that last line to work for visual block ????

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1y

It was a huge honour for me today with Raphael to posthumously hand over the European #SFSAward 2024 to #vim developer Bram Moolenaar for his invaluable contributions to the #FreeSoftware community.

If you are a #vim user, have been an #vim user, or admire Bram's work, please boost this message.

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241108-01.html

Bram coding on VIM in front of his computers

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283d

❤️ With all the installations on #GNU/#Linux (servers, vms, desktop, ... ), #BSD and #Unix systems, #MacOS, #Microsoft #Windows and WLS) I feel comfortable to claim there or way more than 1 billion installations of Vi*; often without people knowing about it.❤️

❤️ Thank you Bram Moolenaar, Christian Brabandt, the whole #Vim community, and all the people from projects like #NeoVIM, #Nvi, #Busybox #Vi, who develop and maintain their #vim flavour. ❤️

https://k7r.eu/thank-you-for-the-editor-of-the-beast/ ❤️ #ilovefs ❤️

Matthias and Raphael at SFSCON 2024 in the middle of a crowd after asking all people in the audience to stand up if are using Vim, or have used Vim in the past. Matthias showing the VI M sign with his fingers - CC-BY-SA 4.0 NOI

ALT

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281d

Having way too much fun re configuring my old #Vim setup and I haven't even got to the LSP and linting side of things yet. That'll get setup a little later probably using ALE and COC but I'm not 100% just yet ? I might even push my config to my git repo to share or allow others to show me the error of my ways.
#FreeBSD #RunBSD

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167d

Can anybody give advice on how to quit #VSCode and finally start using #vim (or #nvim, for that matter) for the rest of my life??

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