Tag Archives: vim
assignment alignment in vim
I’ve just been reading some articles about programming vim from Damian Conway. * Scripting the Vim editor, Part 1: Variables, values, and expressions * Scripting the Vim editor, Part 2: User-defined functions The latter has a very useful example. function … Continue reading
Removing Byte Order Marks
I keep getting sent files, which are encoded in UTF-8, but include a BOM. Which is completely unnecessary. Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to remove with vim. Just load up the file and type in :set nobomb (docs for the bomb … Continue reading
vim completion
I’ve just found something rather useful in vim: :set wildmode. Normally in vim, you can use TAB to complete filenames. So you enter :e some/ve<TAB> and vim pads it out to :e some/very_long_filename.html. Lovely. But in a directory full of … Continue reading
My Sysadmin Toolbox
After seeing lots of these at Linux.com recently, I thought I’d try to come up with my own list. I used to be a sysadmin (I’m now a programmer), and I’ve long felt that you really a good set of … Continue reading
A Month of Mac
It’s now been a month since my shiny new Mac arrived. Overall, I’m still really, really happy with it. I’ve bought NetNewsWire for feed reading and textmate for editing. I’m a little concerned that I don’t have the source code … Continue reading
Vim Syntax for Textile
I’ve been using textile more and more these days. It’s quite convenient for writing. But what’s annoying is that there is no support for it in Vim. So, after a bit of messing around with the vim manual Your own … Continue reading