Mastering Vim: Understanding Vim's Lesser-Known Features for More Effective Editing

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Roughly half of all software developers use vi/Vim on a regular basis, but most of those who do still use only a tiny fraction of the editor's full feature set. This video tutorial explores two dozen effective ways you can immediately improve your Vim environment, including recently added features and many powerful plugins and tools.

In just three hours, you'll learn about a wide range of Vim's other features, discover numerous configuration options that can make your editing more efficient and productive, and explore several Vim plugins that can instantly make your editing experience vastly better too. The tutorial's sections include:

Mastering Vim's help system
Learning to move more efficiently
Manipulating text faster and more flexibly
Making use of text objects
Activating guides to help your layout
Searching more effectively and with less effort
Using and configuring Vim's advanced undo facilities
Autocompleting just about anything
Editing visually, instead of syntactically
Focusing on details by folding text

Vim is a V12 supercar, but most Vim users drive it like they're stuck in first gear. This tutorial will show you how to edit faster, more smoothly, and with much less grind.

A prominent contributor to the Open Source community, Damian Conway is an internationally renowned speaker, author, and trainer.

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