Best of Vim — July 2024

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   Hacker News·2y

   My Obsidian Note-Taking Workflow

   The post details an individual's comprehensive knowledge management workflow using Obsidian for note-taking. It emphasizes the significance of plaintext files and Markdown, utilizing Vim motions for efficient note creation. The workflow aims to achieve a 'Deeper Life' by maintaining a 'Second Brain' for all personal and professional knowledge. Key components include a well-defined note-taking process, essential plugins, and the importance of open file formats. The author also shares insights on how this systematic approach has enhanced clarity, organization, and the ease of retrieving information.

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   Community Picks·2y

   A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

   The post provides intermediate Vim users with detailed explanations and tips on how to manage files using buffers, windows, tabs, and the argument list. It discusses mapping keystrokes, navigating the jump and change lists, repeating keystrokes using both simple and complex methods, leveraging the command line window, and using the undo tree. The post also recommends various plugins like vim-bbye for better buffer management, winresizer for resizing windows, fzf.vim for easy navigation, and MundoTree for undo tree manipulation.

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   Trunk.io·2y

   Underrated IDE (and code editors)?

   The author expresses interest in exploring underrated IDEs beyond mainstream options like VSCode, JetBrains, and various flavors of vim. They note the growing popularity of Zed and Cursor and acknowledge that no current IDE is perfect.

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   Community Picks·2y

   Vim Essentials Cheatsheet & Guide

   The post provides a comprehensive cheatsheet and guide for essential Vim commands, including how to switch modes, move around within Vim, and perform various text-editing tasks. It covers commands for navigating lines, words, sentences, and paragraphs, as well as specific keybindings for editing text, undoing and redoing changes, and searching within files. Useful tips and examples for efficiently using these commands are also included.

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