Why we 💚 Vim (The Changelog #450)

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English - July 21, 2021 14:15 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MB - ★★★★ - 28 ratings
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On this special edition of The Changelog, we tell Vim’s story from the mouths of its users. Julia Evans, Drew Neil, Suz Hinton, and Gary Bernhardt join Jerod Santo for a deep and wide-ranging discussion about “the best text editor that anyone ever wrote.”

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Featuring

Julia Evans – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Drew Neil – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Suz Hinton – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Gary Bernhardt – Twitter, GitHub

Jerod Santo – Twitter, GitHub

Notes and Links

Companion “Vim with me” videos

Vim with me: Suz Hinton
Vim with me: Julia Evans
Vim with me: Gary Bernhardt

Vim configs

Julia’s dotfiles
Suz’s dotfiles
Gary’s dotfiles
Drew’s dotfiles
Jerod’s dotfiles

Links from Julia

vimwiki
basic.vim from The Ultimate vimrc

Links from Drew

vim-exchanage
vim-textobj-user
vim-commentary
vim-surround

Links from Suz

vim-twitch-line-sign
nerdtree
vim-airline
git-gutter

Links from Gary