Hacking Vim 7.2: Ready-to-use hacks with solutions for common situations encountered by users of the Vim editor

Ready-to-use hacks with solutions for common situations encountered by users of the Vim editor

Key Features

Create, install, and use Vim scripts to extend Vim's functionality

Personalize your work-area to fit your workflow

Optimize your Vim editor to be faster and more responsive

Packed with tips and tricks based on the author's practical experience

Book DescriptionVim is one of the most powerful open-source editors used by programmers and system administrators around the world. While Vim itself is inherently a powerful editor, personalizing it to suit your needs can be a daunting task. However, it is possible to do so with the help of this book.This book contains examples that cover everything from personalizing Vim according to the your work cycle to optimizations that will boost the your productivity. The main focus of this book is to make your life, as a Vim user, easier.Each chapter deals with a different aspect, and provides recipes for easy-to-use hacks to customize and simplify your Vim experience. After an introduction covering the derivation of Vim and its relatives from the vi editor, the author explains basic changes that you can make to the appearance of the Vim editor. Further chapters cover improved navigation through files and buffers in Vim; speeding up your work with templates, auto-completion, folding, sessions, and registers; and formatting text and code, including using external formatting scripts. The final comprehensive chapter covers everything about using Vim scripts and scripting to extend functionality.This book is written for Vim 7.2, the latest stable version. This latest version of Vim includes many new features like spell-checking, code completion, document tabs, current line and column highlighting, undo branches, and much more.What you will learn

Gain a deep understanding of Vim to master the editor

Personalize Vim to suit your needs

Navigate through files faster while editing multiple files

Boost your productivity by using templates, auto-completion, folding, sessions, and registers

Improve the formatting of your text and code by mastering simple tricks

Extend Vim with scripts

Retain your Vim configuration across computers by storing an online copy

Who this book is forIf you are a Vim user who wants to get more out of this legendary text editor, this book is for you. It focuses on making life easier for intermediate to experienced Vim users.