Top Stories published by usevim in February of 2014
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vim-anywhere

vim-anywhere by Chris Knadler is a set of scripts that allow you to invoke Vim for anything that lets you input text. That means the next time you’re filling out an annoying web form you can spawn Vim, write your text, then once you save and quit it’ll be inserted into the field.


Script Roundup: calendar.vim, Vizardry

calendar.vim

calendar.vim (GitHub: itchyny / calendar.vim, License: MIT) by itchyny is a calendar for Vim that supports various views (day, week, month, year), and can even get events from Google Calendar and Google Task. The…


Vim Study Lab

In Mastering Vim in Vim, a vimtutor-inspired method of learning Vim is discussed:

The file, when sourced, turns the vim buffer into the vim study lab. The file consists of two parts. The first part is a hunk of vimscript that is executed when you source the file. It creates…

Words to Avoid in Tech Writing: Vim Plugin

Wynn Netherland amended his vimrc to highlight words to avoid in tech writing. The snippet looks like this:

" Highlight words to avoid in tech writing
" =======================================
"
" obviously, basically, simply, of…

Why Does Vim Need Threads?

There’s a fork of Vim that supports threads (Hacker News discussion, Google Groups post), written by Thiago Arruda. Thiago’s approach is to have a thread that captures user input events using a queue, which can then be processed when the main thread is free.


Script Roundup: Vader.vim, Textabyss

Vader.vim

Vader.vim is a unit testing framework for Vim scripts. It has a BDD style syntax (Do, Given, Expect), and tests are run with the Vader command.


Script Roundup: vim-airline-todo, vimcaps

vim-airline-todo

vim-airline-todo (License: MIT) is an extension for vim-airline that shows a count in the status bar for your current to-do list.

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