On this special edition of The Changelog, we tell Vim’s story from the mouths of its users. Julia Evans, Drew Neil, Suz Hinton, and Gary Bernhardt join Jerod Santo for a deep and wide-ranging discussion about “the best text editor that anyone ever wrote.”
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Featuring:
- Julia Evans – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Drew Neil – Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Suz Hinton – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub
- Gary Bernhardt – Twitter, GitHub
- Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
Show Notes:
Companion “Vim with me” videos
- Vim with me: Suz Hinton
- Vim with me: Julia Evans
- Vim with me: Gary Bernhardt
Vim configs
- Julia’s dotfiles
- Suz’s dotfiles
- Gary’s dotfiles
- Drew’s dotfiles
- Jerod’s dotfiles
Links from Julia
- vimwiki
- basic.vim from The Ultimate vimrc
Links from Drew
- vim-exchange
- vim-textobj-user
- vim-commentary
- vim-surround
Links from Suz
- vim-twitch-line-sign
- nerdtree
- vim-airline
- git-gutter
Links from Gary
- Wat
- Execute Program
- fzf.vim
- selecta
Learning Vim
- Vim Adventures
- vimcasts
- Practical Vim by Drew Neil
Extras
- Changelog Community (join us in #vimparty)
- Changelog++
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!