Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8

Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by CaliforniaKarl on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:48AM (#13608316)

I use Vim 8 (via MacVim) every day, but I'm definitely not at an advanced level!

I'd say the most advanced stuff I do is gqap, and performing substitutions via regex, either with a range or in visual mode.

I'd appreciate suggestions as to the best path to take, to move to a more advanced level of Vim 8. (Note I mention Vim 8 explicitly. Also, if extending my existing vimrc becomes a thing to do, I'd want to do it myself, learning what each not does!)

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Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by bubblesocks on Thursday February 09, 2017 @05:50PM (#13611772)

I found this book quite helpful in leveling up my Vim skills:

https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-editio...

I can also vouch for the Vim + tmux combination. PragProg has an excellent book on tmux too:

https://pragprog.com/book/bhtmux2/tmux-2

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Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by innocentoldguy on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:27PM (#13608784)

I used to use MacVim all the time, and have a healthy respect for the project. Might I also recommend a NeoVim/tmux combination? Personally, I can't think of a better development environment (unless you're coding in Java, but then you have bigger, sadder problems to deal with :) ).

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