Use Vinegar with NERDTree

I use Tim Pope’s vinegar.vim, which shows a file list whenever - is pressed. I don't use project drawers anymore, and for some background on why you should check out Oil and vinegar - split windows and the project drawer.

Kakoune

Kakoune by Maxime Coste is a Vim-inspired editor that focuses on incremental editing using selections:

Treed

I don’t know if Vim-inspired aesthetics is a thing, but some people are definitely console fetishists. Ideas from Vim and text-based UIs make their way into web software, and a great example of this is Treed (GitHub: jaredly / treed, License: Apache 2.0) by Jared Forsyth.

Script Roundup: vim-heroku, heroku-remote, heroku-binstubs

vim-heroku

vim-heroku (GitHub: tpope/vim-heroku, License: Vim) by Tim Pope is a Heroku Toolbelt wrapper. It provides a :Hk command that wraps around the Toolbelt but also hk.

Better Encryption in Vim

Using Vim as a password manager seems to be popular, but the built-in encryption options are limited. If you look at :help 'cryptmethod' you'll see options for zip and blowfish, with zip as the default.

Neovim Progress

Neovim is now on GitHub, has a Google Group, and Thiago has been posting progress updates:

• Rewards have been fufilled with backers.md and logos on website
• Most of the code in os_unix.c has been ported to libuv in the os directory, getting us closer…

Vertical Movement with vim-columnmove

A reader who was also a fan of Patternjump sent in vim-columnmove, which is by the same author. This is a plugin that helps make vertical movement more convenient by providing vertical equivalents of motions like f and t.

Script Roundup: Reveal in Finder, Autosave

vim-reveal-in-finder

Thai Pangsakulyanont sent in vim-reveal-in-finder (GitHub: henrik / vim-reveal-in-finder, License: MIT), a plugin that can open the current path in Finder. It uses the open command that Mac OS…

Spell Checking

You probably already know that you can enable spell checking in Vim with :set spell. This is great for drafting up blog posts…

Script Roundup: angular.vim, clone

Angular.vim

Angular.vim (GitHub: burnettk / vim-angular, License: Vim) by Kevin Burnett is a set of shortcuts for working with AngularJS projects. Features include switching between test and implementation files (:A), goto file tweaks…