Textmate To Vim: 100 Textmate keyboard shortcuts translated to VIM(jackkinsella.ie)
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Textmate To Vim: 100 Textmate keyboard shortcuts translated to VIM
http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/09/05/textmate-to-vim.html
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I use NERDTree and quite like it, but I never keep it open. I have :NERDTreeToggle mapped to <Leader>f, so if I need to open a file I can quickly press `,f`, find the file and then press `,f` to close NERDTree. One thing I find annoying about this is that in MacVim, NERDTree creates a scrollbar in the left hand side of the window that I can never seem to get rid of.
Once the files are open, I tend to use buffers, splits and tabs to navigate between them. NERDTree is just used to load a file into a Vim buffer. Also note that the NERDTree explorer replaces the default vim file explorer.
I heard good things about Command-T though, maybe I'll try that and see if it works better with my workflow than NERDTree.
Once the files are open, I tend to use buffers, splits and tabs to navigate between them. NERDTree is just used to load a file into a Vim buffer. Also note that the NERDTree explorer replaces the default vim file explorer.
I heard good things about Command-T though, maybe I'll try that and see if it works better with my workflow than NERDTree.
You can remove the left hand scrollbar by setting this command:
" This removes the left hand scrollbar from the current guioptions.
:set guioptions-=L
Is there somewhere to suggest comments? The information is quite useful but I think there may be some more idiomatic shortcuts in certain cases. For example, isn't :w FILENAME the equivalent of "Save As"? And perhaps it would be good to show commands that are OS-agnostic like :tabnew for a new tab?
Regardless, I think this is a useful resource and I'd love to have a cheat sheet with it. Thanks!
Regardless, I think this is a useful resource and I'd love to have a cheat sheet with it. Thanks!
If you suggest improvements here I will make the modifications. I just changed :saveas filename to :w filename
OS-agnostic methods are outside the scope of the guide, which is only intended for those coming from Textmate, implying that they are on a Mac. If I were to accommodate everyone it would get too messy to fulfill its primary purpose. The single responsibility principle applies equally to tutorials.
OS-agnostic methods are outside the scope of the guide, which is only intended for those coming from Textmate, implying that they are on a Mac. If I were to accommodate everyone it would get too messy to fulfill its primary purpose. The single responsibility principle applies equally to tutorials.
:w FILENAME will save a file without changing the filename of the current buffer, while :sav FILENAME will update the filename (so that future :w will go to the new file, rather than the old one). I think :sav is the right one for that shortcut.
Interesting! Thanks for the clarification and I definitely agree that :sav FILENAME is a more accurate Save File As... than :w FILENAME.
If you are going textmate to Vim you should really just go straight to Vico. It's essentially the perfect editor ( for me ): Textmate look/feel/bundles but vim keybinds down to the most esoteric corners.
http://www.vicoapp.com/
http://www.vicoapp.com/
a couple of mistakes and comments:
* "File>new" can be done by ':enew'
* top of the file is 'gg' and not just 'g'
* bottom of the file is 'G' and not 'GG' ;)
* in addition to ':20<CR>' you can use just '20G' to go to line 20
* to sort all of the file use ':%!sort<CR>', no need to use '0,$'
* "File>new" can be done by ':enew'
* top of the file is 'gg' and not just 'g'
* bottom of the file is 'G' and not 'GG' ;)
* in addition to ':20<CR>' you can use just '20G' to go to line 20
* to sort all of the file use ':%!sort<CR>', no need to use '0,$'
Thanks for the feedback; I've just made the improvements. The gg G mixup was a nasty little typo.
Sorry, off topic. But the red design of the tables is awful.
I'm happy to modify it if you can suggest improvements. I don't have the greatest eye for design.
I am not a design expert either. But red tables on dark background feel uncomfortable for eyes when you are in a dark room. I'd suggest to make them darker (which will also add some contrast to the white text) and to use a more neutral color.
You're right; the red was too loud.
I changed the background to a light purple and switched to plain black text. Do you find it easier to read?
I changed the background to a light purple and switched to plain black text. Do you find it easier to read?
Yes. I think this is better.
PS Unfortunately, now the contrast between table cells is almost lost. Don't know if it was intended.
PS Unfortunately, now the contrast between table cells is almost lost. Don't know if it was intended.
Its best to use something like PeepOpen, command-t, fuzzyfinder to open files. If you want tree structure I just use terminal and aliased:
Or use the vim directory navigation.
VIM also looks much nicer with just a single file open. The left panel for NERDTree looks hacky.