Today I’ll start a series of articles dedicated to Vim: “Just enough Vim to be efficient” The main idea should be obvious from the title. Learn the bare minimum to produce useful results (and hopefully motivate you to dig even further) This article is dedicated to Vim macros, an often overlooked feature of Vim. But let’s start from the beginning what is a macro? and why is it useful? And if the answer to the first question is simple: A macro is just a recorded sequence of…

Configure Vim from scratch From time to time, I review my tools/processes to keep what’s useful, ditch what is no longer necessary or even convenient, and improve what can be improved. As a developer, I spend a lot of time using the Vim text editor, so in this article I’ll spend some time rewriting my .vimrc. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln