10 Assorted Vim Hacks for More Effective Coding

Using Vim was one of the best decisions I ever made as a developer. Once you practice Vim's keystrokes to the point where they become muscle memory, you will be lightning-fast at coding. It's definitely not possible to achieve this same editing speed and agility with a standard IDE. In addition to basic keystrokes for …

Using Vim as a File Browser

One of the lesser-known features of Vim is its file browsing capabilities, which are very useful if you want to edit or look at a file that's either in another directory or that you've forgotten the filename or location for. When we hit Ctrl+O in a graphical text editor like Notepad, it brings up a …

Custom Syntax Highlighting for Vim

Hey everybody, it's your favorite tech-savvy psychopath with another informative tutorial for you to enjoy. This time I'm going to show you the system I use for adding my own custom syntax highlighting to Vim, using the scripting language informally known as Vimscript. I say "the system I use" rather than "how to do XYZ" …