@gemini0

- A "vi" is a small, minimal, ubiquitous #editor. It does one job, is installed everywhere, and you use it to edit a file and leave.

- An "emacs" is an editor that grows into a platform: an extension language, a plugin ecosystem, configs people maintain for decades, a place you live in rather than visit.

By that definition:
#vim is an #emacs. It descends directly from vi, but with #Vimscript, plugin managers, #LSP setups and thousand-line vimrcs, it has become a customizable environment people build their workflow around. (#Neovim with Lua leans even further that way.)

#Vim Tip of the Day

The @ command, normally used for playing back macro recordings, does something slightly different when followed by a colon instead of a letter. @: repeats your last command-line command.

I used it today to run :colder several times in succession in order to find the results of a :vimgrep I'd performed earlier.

Well, I was in for a treat.

No more macro looping over buffers with `:h wrapscan`.

By default, (n)vim loop over the buffer when searching for the next occurrence.
`:set wrapscan!` disable this behavior.

Meaning, if you have a macro relying on a search you want to run 'til the end of the buffer then stop, you can know go `9999@@` and it'll stop.

#TIL #Vim #NeoVim #NVim

@joe

In some shells it is easier and more comfortable out of the box: in my case it's ZSH, which provides editing of a multi-line input in two modes, either Emacs or Vi.
I choose Vi and thus I have a shell that behaves similar to that editor - on Esc pressed it goes into "normal Vi"-like mode and one might to move around and more.

Additionally, I configured it to invoke an $EDITOR (which is some Vi-like one in my case) on double Esc, so it opens the editor with the text from the shell in a buffer.

#ZSH #Vim

The #NetBSD documentation on vi is pretty good. You could learn it from this.

https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-edit.html#chap-edit-configuring-vi-exrc

It's not full Vim, though the #vi in the BSDs is still a great editor. I tend to go for full #Vim, but I do switch between the two.

@passthejoe #vi on #netbsd is #nvi. If you need multibyte characters install #nvi2.
I used #vim many years on #linux, but I have become a minimalist, so when I started with #bsd I decided to use the installation defaults, on #netbsd it is #sh, #nvi, #ctwm, ...
All the scripts I wrote over the years work fine in #sh.

I find the way vi(m) works fascinating but my ADHD always distracts me from the task at hand to find the most efficient way to do the current edit instead of doing the edit and getting on with it.

I need a less efficient editor.

#vi #vim

Oyez Oyez !

Vimistes, NeoVimistes, voir même Vistes ou EVistes ? Emacsists, Nanoïstes, Edistes...

À #Grenoble, le mardi 27 octobre à 19h à #LaTrubineCoop se tiendra un évènement de renom : un #TupperVim https://tuppervim.org/ !

Ne préparez rien, venez avec un truc à qui miam ou qui glou et pointez vous au bon endroit https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6409086528#map=19/45.187631/5.705091&layers=N à la bonne heure.

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#vi #vim #nvim #neovim #evim

Lyon: Apergol & tupperVim, Le jeudi 29 octobre 2026 de 19h00 à 22h00. https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/36399 #lyon #vim #neovim #helix #kakoune #cli #ergol #quacken #quackmatrix #ergonomie

@rl_dane

Another round of #vimovember ?

https://codeberg.org/hyde/vimovember

Or maybe we should rename it to #noVimber

#vim #vi #terminals #foss

@amin @eclecticpassions @nantucketlit @birming

Oyez, oyez : jeudi 29 octobre, y a #tupperVim et #Apergol chez #OVH, à #Lyon !
– de 19h à 20h, initiation Vim ou apergol, au choix
– à partir de 20h, atelier #Vim / #Neovim / #Helix / #Kakoune / #CLI,

On profite de l’événement pour tenir un #Apergol ! Pendant toute la soirée, il sera possible de tippity-tap sur des #Poticlaviers en tout genre : #Quacken, #QMx2040, #Quaxe, #Planck, entre autres.

Viendez nombreux’ses !

Infos : https://tuppervim.org
Inscription : https://mensuel.framapad.org/p/tuppervim-lyon-202610-answ

RE: https://pouet.chapril.org/@agenda_du_libre/117484490863715264

Je sais pas ce que vous faites mardi prochain mais j'y serai.

#Vim #Neovim #NVim #TupperVim

All you ever wanted to know about #vim #quickfix-list summarized in one small blog post : https://pcoves.codeberg.page/blog/vim-quickfix/

Code snippets are for #nvim but the ideas and commands remain the exact same.

Last year, I couldn't care less about the quickfix list.
Now,
I use it daily.

#vim #nvim #neovim #quickfix-list

TuM'Fatig - Spell checking in Vim

https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/spell-checking-in-vim/

#vim

@ploum Alors, #Vim et #LaTex non merci hein. #Nano ou #Micro ; restons simples ! :D #Troll

Advanced Programming in the #UNIX Environment

Week 5: The Editor

In this video lecture, we look at the required feature for a full-fledged programmer's editor and illustrate some of the core functionality by example of #vim. This includes basic motion commands, setting and moving to markers, using folds, and the integration with build tools, such as the compiler, debugger, and 'make', all of which we will cover in the next videos.

https://youtu.be/DdaJ87G9Kes

Vim, with no AI.

Vim Classic

https://vim-classic.org/

#vim #noAI

coucou les vimistes !

j'adore faire un gf sur un nom de fichier pour l'ouvrir.

sauf que ça marche pas si le fichier n'existe pas.

Une idée pour implémenter "ben s'il existe pas, créé le avant de l'ouvrir !" ?

poke @fabi1cazenave

#vim
#sysadmin

Seriously, if #nvi got word wrap and rock-solid unicode support, I'd never give #vim a second look. 😄

I mean, syntax highlighting is pretty, I guess, and baked-in spelling checks is nice, but those two features (unicode and word wrap) are really the only ones missing from making nvi the perfect editor for me.

(Obviously not hating on vim. I think it's fantastic. But sometimes a basic pocket knife will do everything you need it do do, and you just don't feel the need to carry around a full swiss army knife.)

#vi

Dites, les utilisateur’ices #Vim autour de #Paris : vous seriez disponibles pour un atelier #tupperVim fin novembre / début décembre ?
https://framadate.org/polls/1e8e70de632abb0311a4
https://tuppervim.org

I stopped using NeoVim because fash, and switched to EVi because no "AI", but I'm having trouble getting my conic to work as smoothly as it did under NeoVim. In particular, using vim-lsp, everything slows down to a crawl. Is there a better way to get LSP-style code completion, movement, and pop-up documentation in EVi/Vim?

#EVi #Vim #lsp

RE: https://mamot.fr/@PacoVelobs/117354448020853259

Deux jours avant celui de #Lyon, il y a un #tupperVim à #Grenoble aussi. Qu’on se le dise !

#Vim #Neovim #Helix #Kakoune #DoomEmacs

Paco Velobs » 🌐 2026-09-29
@PacoVelobs@mamot.fr

https://mensuel.framapad.org/p/tupper-vim---grenoble-oct-2026-ant0

Hop, le pad pour le 27 octobre à Grenoble.

#Vim #Neovim #NVim #TupperVim

https://mensuel.framapad.org/p/tupper-vim---grenoble-oct-2026-ant0

Hop, le pad pour le 27 octobre à Grenoble.

#Vim #Neovim #NVim #TupperVim

Oyez, oyez ! Jeudi 29/10, y a #Apergol + #tupperVim dans les locaux d’OVH à #Lyon !
– De 19h à 20h, deux tracks parallèles : initiation #Vim pour les néophytes, apéro et #poticlaviers pour les autres.
– De 20h à 22h, atelier Vim (et #Neovim, #Kakoune, #Helix, #DoomEmacs…).

La salle est immense, donc y aura moyen de jouer avec les poticlaviers dans une moitié de salle pendant que les Vimistes œuvreront. @NuclearSquid sera là avec des #Quacken et #QMx2040 en test.

Qu’on se le dise ! 🖖

Dites, les nerds de #Lyon : y aurait des gens intéressés pour un #Apergol, un #tupperVim ou les deux, en octobre ?

Pour l’Apergol c’est facile, il suffit de se trouver une brasserie pas trop loin de la Part-Dieu, et de faire en sorte que je chope le dernier train.

Pour le tupperVim il faudrait une salle. On consacrerait la première heure à une initiation Vim pour les néophytes + Apergol pour les autres, paf.

Le boost augmente le nerd factor.

#Vim #QuackMatrix #Quacken #QMx2040 #Ergol

Is anybody using the VIS editor?

https://sr.ht/~martanne/vis/

I’m really curious about it but I would need some bootstrap tutorial like "VIS for Vim users". I’m still really confused about it.

(yeah, I’m planning to leave Neovim. Will probably ends on Vim-classic once it is packaged in #debian ). Also like #kakoune a lot but Vim-muscle memory is too strong for now.

#vim #vis #neovim

I was this old when I realized one can jump to previous location in file when opening it using (n)vim by pressing '". That is ' followed by ". What a sweet day.

#vim #nvim

@Zenie
Well, that's kind of my point.
I mean, it's better to embrace #emacs than to be frustrated by #evil's missing feature IF you're a proficient #vim user.
If you've been using #emacs for 31 years, I guess you don't need #evil at all.

Or maybe I'm missing something here ?

@amelliug @eliasebner

@amelliug And, as a hard-core #vim user who gave #emacs various tries, I urge you not to. Evil mode lacks many basic features and it's a really poor implementation. I'd recommend embracing the software as it is and not trying to badly replace your old one.
@eliasebner

#Vim is back!

#Neovim #DHH #AIslop

👋@vopam

https://lazybea.rs/vim-is-back

For a long while I fiddled a bit between #vim, #neovim, then plain. I was tired of fiddling with configs and differences between systems. Then I discovered the #Helix Editor. What an amazing experience 🚀 Just a little bit of configuration and it works like a charm. Yes, a few key combinations are different, but the transition is going smoothly. I also love the integration possibility for #Rust, which is of great help while learning the language.

Gratitude day 4: Vim

#SeptemberTheme #gratitude #blog #fediverse #mastodon #editors #terminals #vim
https://lazybea.rs/gd4-vim

"I don't have enough time to learn Vim" - most people.

No. You don't have enough time to not learn Vim.

Once you start using Vim, something will really change in how you use your computer. It will become the most efficient way you edit text. You will learn to love text files. You will learn to love the extensibility of plaintext. You will learn to use command line programs. You will learn to optimise your whole system. Vim is where it all begins for you.

This needs saying more!

#vim #nvim ♥️

@TimothyRoes I'm a #vim'er, and yes I do that on the go. #pass for passwords, #ssh to check or fix my servers, etc.

Later I also want to make #homeManager modules for #SailfishOS settings, especially those that aren't stored in a SFOS backup. Endgame would be to distribute SFOS apps via #nix, which would be awesome!

@gee L'est marrant ton éditeur. Ça ressemble pas à #vim, je connais pas...

Tabs vs spaces has always been a controversial topic. Thankfully, #vim isn't biased in any way.

To convert spaces to tabs, use `:set noexpandtab`, then `:retab!`.

Convert tabs to spaces with:

:set expandtab
:set tabstop=4
:set shiftwidth=4
:retab

@notNapoleon I don't know. Given the amount of #vim forks before #nvim took off, I don't see a future with a successful #neovim fork.
One thing you're right about is that I should look into RMS stand on stuff I care about.
@Jonizulo

@Jonizulo I'm seriously considering the #emacs switch because of the late events. Even after ~15 years of heavy #vim then #nvim usage, it looks better than other alternatives.

@pmakholm As a long-term #vim and then #neovim user, I can't imagine sticking to a #vi-like editor without the #nvim features and ecosystem TBH.
So I'll, very seriously, add #emacs to your list.

I have donated to #neovim, used this editor for many years. I can also drive-by mob, swirl from one mindless vomit-party to another, like the pacific garbage patch. Guess I'm nuanced like that.

So what's your favourite editor with #vim motions? I still use #vscode, but also classic vim more and more just because it's everywhere. Also been looking at #zed maybe.

I can’t understand why justinmk won’t remove a stupid endorsement from a white supremacist from the website of #neovim

I think I give #vim-classic another try or try again to do my general editing in #emacs (and not only for my org-files). I tried #helix but after my vacation it feels hard again.

@glyph I don't understand why would #vim need a successor. It works perfectly well and is still developed.

[lien] eh: a minimalist vi-like editor - Lobsters (codeberg.org via r1w1s1) #gik #cli #vim

I have this #firefox extension called #vimium.
Of course, I'm a #vim nerd and I thinks it's awesome.

But here is why it's also great to have it even if you don't use vim : press `f` and have all the clickable links showed to you.
Looking for this "Continue without accepting" dark pattern ? Here it is. Want to unsubscribe from this list you never subscribed ? Here it is.

"Accessibility" for the ables in those dark ages.

Also : fuck you if you coded those dark patterns.

@tuban_muzuru Yeh I asked on #vim and someone there suggested scrollbind - it's good! It would be even better if it could do line diff (ie without clever alignment) - but it does handle those big files easily!

Now it needs to percolate through to the quarterly package repo, which'll take another month and a half, but at least that doesn't need any manual intervention.

https://www.freshports.org/editors/vim-classic/

#VimClassic #vim

@monospace I use $_ often. The other one not really because my shell is configured with: set -o vi and not emacs like many by default

#vim rulezzz

@bertrand Heu, je consomme extrêmement peu de vidéos donc je ne suis pas une source fiable.
Mais globalement pour #vim il faut faire l'effort de détecter les actions répétitives et longues (plus de six ou sept touches) et chercher une automatisation. Se forcer quelques semaines le temps que ça rentre "dans les doigts" et recommencer.
Une à une, pas plusieurs à la fois.

[Veille 📣] Chapter 1: Introduction and Installation - LazyVim for Ambitious Developers
https://lazyvim-ambitious-devs.phillips.codes/course/chapter-1/

Tutoriel sur l’utilisation de LazyVim pour NeoVim.

Lien vers cette entrée dans ma veille : https://liens.declosure.ch/shaare/mvV8WA
Toute ma veille est disponible ici : https://liens.declosure.ch/
#neovim #tutoriel #vim #LazyVim
#links #liens #veille

#linux #commandline #vim
Wenn dass der Sven Guckes noch gesehen hätte ...

Alt...

A person turning off a fuse.

@omgmog while you could have done:

vim scp://user@myserver[:port]//path/to/file.txt

😏

#vim

Mise à jour de mon article su comment configurer Neovim comme IDE/éditeur de code à partir de zéro https://vincent.jousse.org/blog/fr/tech/configurer-neovim-comme-ide-a-partir-de-zero-tutoriel-guide/#mises-%C3%A0-jour-de-larticle
Il utilise maintenant le gestionnaire de plugins `vim.pack` inclus par défaut avec #neovim #vim

Oyez Oyez !

Vimistes, NeoVimistes, voir même Vistes ou EVistes ? Emacsists, Nanoïstes, Edistes...

À #Grenoble, le mardi 27 octobre à 19h à #LaTrubineCoop se tiendra un évènement de renom : un #TupperVim https://tuppervim.org/ !

Ne préparez rien, venez avec un truc à qui miam ou qui glou et pointez vous au bon endroit https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6409086528#map=19/45.187631/5.705091&layers=N à la bonne heure.

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#vi #vim #nvim #neovim #evim

I've been using #vim daily for personal and professional reasons for almost two decades now.
Yesterday, I "sharpened the saw".

Of course, I know more about the tools than 15 years ago. But I find beauty in the fact that I still learn valuable ways to enhance my workflow a couple of times a year.

It's not about discovering a new thing.
But about finding a way to better use it.
I like to be better than my last week self.

#nvim #neovim #quickfixlist #locationlist

Grab a stretch of unicode while inside #vim

:py3 import vim;vim.current.buffer.append(" ".join(chr(i) for i in range(945,970)))

α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ς σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω

@slothrop

Not sure whether you want to tell a story or are looking for an actual solution here.

But reading the doc about the various registers #vim and #nvim work with might help you a lot.

```
:help registers<CR>
```