Grant HutchinsRIP Bram Moolenaar
Bram created vim which is a terminal-based text editor so good that it comes preinstalled on every Mac and nearly every server. I use it everyday. https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4
In his honor I will share my most useful vim tip:
Leave your editor in normal mode at all times. Every time you perform an action, try to always finish it by getting back to normal mode.
e.g. when entering text, hit `i` to go into insert mode, type the text, and then hit `esc`. Make it part of your muscle memory. Consider `esc` to be the period at the end of the sentence. Then you will never need to keep track of which mode you are in. 🧘
Greg Kemp@nertzy This command will have vim display "INSERT" at the bottom of the screen when you are in insert mode:
:set showmode
I've been using vi/vim for 35 (!) years and I still find this useful.
:set showmode
I've been using vi/vim for 35 (!) years and I still find this useful.