VIM

In my daily work, I am editing so much text in text files that I really need an excellent editor. I found VIM to meet my wildest expectations.

In fact, when I go back to a traditional text editor, I am surprised how difficult text editing can be. What i probably hate most about text editors is when i have to use cursor keys, or, even worse, a mouse, to navigate in source code.

See a search replace example that searches for a pattern and replaces it with the return value of a function.

One of the capabilities of gvim that fascinates me is how easy it is to color your documents.

Here's a short description of some useful commands.

Let vs Set in scripts

This is my .gvimrc file

Vim and Oracle

Misc tips for VIM

Searching

variables

built-in functions

Diffing files with vim

Vim's ruby interface

Scripting with VIM

DrawIt: Use arrow keys to draw lines, ctrl-v for boxes and ellipses.

Vim Tips

Luc Hermitte's VIM Macros