Last week we looked at getting Vim running in Windows. Although there are more platform-specific issues that I could discuss, I thought looking at using Vundle and Pathogen in Windows would be useful.

Vim is available for many platforms, including Windows. Although it has a strong association with Unix, thanks to the heritage of vi, Vim was originally released on the Amiga (my favourite computer and OS of all time). Over the years Vim has been adapted to various systems and has platform-specific…

Vim can be tough for beginners. If you’re struggling along with my Vim 101 posts, but still haven’t felt confident enough to use it every day, then my advice is to be patient. Here are some reasons to keep learning Vim.

1. Ubiquity

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Ozzy.vim

Ozzy.vim (License: MIT) by Giacomo Comitti allows files to be opened quickly and easily. An algorithm is used to determine which…

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Write.vim

Although Vim is naturally optimised for writing software, I actually use it as a general purpose editor for all kinds of…

HappyEdit: A Vim Remake

HappyEdit is a proposed project to remake Vim using modern web technologies. The project was started by Per Thulin…

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vim-signature

vim-signature (GitHub: kshenoy / vim-signature) by Kartik Shenoy can display marks and help navigate…