Vim 101: QuickFix and Grep

QuickFix is designed to display compiler errors — a list of errors is displayed and can be selected to jump to a specific file and line. It’s also used for :vimgrep -- each item in the results list is displayed and can be used to navigate between files.

Vim 101: Folding

Programming is all about focus. It’s hard to focus when the phone’s ringing, other people are talking about the latest terrible TV talent show, and there’s a crazy busker outside attempting to cover Oasis — Wonderwall after several cans of Special Brew. But that’s life, and we can’t do much about…

Vim 101: A Gentle Introduction to Macros

You’re working hard, and it’s been a long day. You glance at the clock: 13:59. Is it still that early? Rushing to finish the latest bug fix, you accidentally hit some keys, then Vim displays an ominous message:

recording

Android Development in Vim

Google’s Android SDK can be downloaded separately from the Eclipse tools, but due to the close level of…

Vim 101: Indentation

Some programmers are extremely sensitive about formatting. Perfectionists, sticklers, pedants — call them what you will, they’ll always be there to reformat entire source files to confuse an otherwise comprehensible Git history. Admittedly, I do like source files to be perfectly formatted…

Conditional Executables

If you’re one of the growing number of people who synchronises their dotfiles using a service like GitHub, then you’ve probably found that certain systems need different configuration options. For example, if you switch between Mac OS and Linux then some executables won’t be present on…