Re:Interactive Vim tutorial
by tombert on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @12:35PM
(#15401724)
What has always sold me on Vim is the fact that you can "compose" key commands, and as a result, you effectively can build your own commands.
For example, the `d` key begins the `delete` action, the `i` key means `inner` (or `current`) and `w` means `word`. From that, you can deduce that `diw` deletes the current word.
I figured that command out myself, among many other ones, and that only works because of the composable nature of Vim's modal editing.
Vim's macro system is also rather amazing, IMO. I haven't used Atom much, so I don't know if it's comparable, but I will usually set up several macros and compose them together to do mass edits of things.
For example, the `d` key begins the `delete` action, the `i` key means `inner` (or `current`) and `w` means `word`. From that, you can deduce that `diw` deletes the current word.
I figured that command out myself, among many other ones, and that only works because of the composable nature of Vim's modal editing.
Vim's macro system is also rather amazing, IMO. I haven't used Atom much, so I don't know if it's comparable, but I will usually set up several macros and compose them together to do mass edits of things.