Name: [9521] Justin Lilly
Member: 56 months
Authored: 7 videos
Description: I'm a web developer / designer specializing in Python & Django. Find more about me at http://justinlilly.com ...

An Introduction to Vim Macros [ID:316]

a series of video-tutorials by Justin Lilly

Video Tutorials

1. An Introduction to Vim Macros

by Justin Lilly added 08/08
This is a very brief video about how to use vim macros. It goes over basic syntax and one possible use for it.

2. Vim Selections

by Justin Lilly added 08/08
This is a relatively short screencast on a few different ways to select text in Vim. Vim's visual mode is a very powerful feature of the editor which allows you to select data in different, yet meaningful, ways. As a developer, its as important to know your editor as well as a carpenter knows his hammer. I've also uploaded the video to my blog, for those interested in a less compressed version. E [...]

3. Vim % operator

by Justin Lilly added 08/08
This is a tutorial on some of the interesting uses for the % in vim. It has two main functions. One in non-editing mode and one in ex mode. To watch the uncompressed version, head over to my blog at http://justinlilly.com

4. Vim Intro

by Justin Lilly added 09/08
This is an intro tutorial on getting around in vim. It contains information on moving around, editing, copy + paste, and saving. It should be what's necessary to get you up and functional in Vim. I'll have a higher quality version of this video on my blog (http://justinlilly.com)

5. Vim: Installing a Color Scheme

by Justin Lilly added 09/08
This is a quick screencast on how to install a vim colorscheme. In this example, I show how to install the matrix color scheme.

6. Vim: Installing plugins

by Justin Lilly added 09/08
This is another quick screencast on how to install vim plugins. I go over both the vimball sourcing and simply extracting things to their proper directories.

7. Vim: Code Folding

by Justin Lilly added 09/08
This is likely the last in my series of vim screencasts. I hope you found them useful. This particular installment goes over how code folding works in vim.

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An Introduction to Vim Macros

After watching some other screencasts about Vim and using it for a while I noted author used k several times instead of gg. I mean, c'mon! ;)
warjan 32 months ago
Vim: Installing a Color Scheme

thank you man!
gricso 33 months ago
Vim Intro

good intro
bootux 34 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

I love emacs but I realize that I need to learn vim.

Videos like this. takes away the boring parts

and turn the learning process into something fun

thanks!!!

I value your work!!!
Andres Kwan 34 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Very helpful video. It would be better if it was a higher quality video.
Paul Lindberg 35 months ago
Vim Selections

Thanks. Now your voice was more clean than the vid before. Better :D
xpilz 36 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Really helpful. I needed an example like this of using makros.
xpilz 36 months ago
Vim % operator

I am enjoying the VIM tutorials. Thank you very much, sir!
Pete Smith 36 months ago
Vim Intro

Really helpful introduction, found new tip of using. Thanks!
MIke 36 months ago
Vim Selections

I´d knew that vim was awesome but I not wondered that it could do it \o/
Marco 36 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

I installed my NERD_tree plugin exactly as prescribed but I get "Ambiguous use of user-defined command" when I try to run it.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Frank
Franklin Russell 36 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Good work and please thanks for helping us to learn.

Keep it up.
fred 37 months ago
Vim Intro

Awesome tips; thanks!
Buffalo Billion 37 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Thanks Justin.. was really useful
cp 37 months ago
Vim Selections

nice work :) i like it
Wolf 38 months ago
Vim Selections

Very fast, but very helpful. I watched some of your videos multiple times in order to recall all the cool tricks. A search video might be helpful, too. Thanks!
Lisa 39 months ago
Vim Selections

Hi, nice tutorial, well presented and organised - thanks!
Seb 40 months ago
Vim Selections

Thanks that was very usefull
carlos 40 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Thanks! I was actually trying to figure out how to install the snippetsemu plugin. However, I don't think you explained how to install vimball, which you have to do before you can install .vba plugins.
Alex Robbins 40 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Great video tutorial. Thank you
anonymous 42 months ago
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