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Transfer the Power of Vim Editor to Thunderbird for Composing Email

by Ramesh Natarajan on April 2, 2009

Thunderbird Email LogoThis article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.
 
This article is part of the on-going Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series.  In this article, let us review how to use Vim Editor for composing email in Thunderbird.
 
 
External editor Plugin does the magic of composing email in Vi/Vim editor easily, allowing us to utilize all the features of the vim editor without compromising a single thing.
 
 
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Vim Editor: How to Correct Spelling Mistakes Automatically

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 12, 2009

Vim Automatic Typo Correction
Photo courtesy of shandrew

This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. I tend to make simple spelling mistakes while writing, as English is not my first language. Wouldn’t be nice if Vim editor can do the spelling correction automatically as you make a typo?

Note: I wish someone from Nayv Navy football team read this article. Oh well, that would’ve still not fixed their problem.

In this article, let us review how to correct spelling mistakes automatically inside Vim editor.

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8 Essential Vim Editor Navigation Fundamentals

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 6, 2009

Vim Vi Editor Navigation Fundamentals
Photo courtesy of Håkan Dahlström

This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Navigation is a vital part of text editing. To be very productive, you should be aware of all possible navigation shortcuts in your editor. In this article, let us review the following 8 Vi / Vim navigation options.

  1. Line navigation
  2. Screen navigation
  3. Word navigation
  4. Special navigation
  5. Paragraph navigation
  6. Search navigation
  7. Code navigation
  8. Navigation from command line

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3 Powerful Musketeers Of Vim Editor — Macro, Mark and Map

by Ramesh Natarajan on March 2, 2009

Vim - Macro, Mark & MapThis article is written by SathiyaMoorthy

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. There are 3 powerful M’s in VIM — Macro, Mark, and Map. Each is intended for a separate job.

  1. Macro for recording a job and repeating it.
  2. Mark for bookmarking a particular position in a file and then coming back to it.
  3. Map for mapping a job to a key, and then executing that job by that key.

In this article, let us look at various features of Vim’s Macro, Mark and Map along with practical examples.
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Make Vim as Your Bash-IDE Using bash-support Plugin

by Ramesh Natarajan on February 19, 2009

Vim Bash IDE PluginThis post is written by SathiyaMoorthy.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a Linux sysadmin or programmer, you may do following repetitive tasks while coding bash shell script:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The bash-Support Vim plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes.
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How To Add Bookmarks Inside Vim Editor

by Ramesh Natarajan on February 9, 2009

Building with Bookmarks
Photo courtesy of secretlondon123

This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. Mark is a bookmarking feature inside Vim editor, where you can bookmark a particular line and later return to it quickly.  If you are using Vim editor regularly, this simple technique of using bookmarks will sky-rocket your productivity.

There are two types of bookmarks in Vim — local and global.
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Tutorial: Make Vim as Your C/C++ IDE Using c.vim Plugin

by SathiyaMoorthy on January 28, 2009

Vim as C/C++ IDE
This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as:

  • Adding file header
  • Adding function/frame comment
  • Including default code snippet
  • Performing syntax check
  • Reading documentation about a function
  • Converting a code block to comment, and vice versa


The C-Support Vim Plugin offers easiest way to do all of the above, saving lot of time and keystrokes for C and C++ programmers.

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Vi and Vim Macro Tutorial: How To Record and Play

by SathiyaMoorthy on January 16, 2009

Vim Macros - Record and Play
Using Vim Macro feature you can record and play a sequence of actions inside the editor.

This article explains how to perform record and play inside Vi and Vim editor using two detailed examples.
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