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title: Getting started with Vim author: Manish RC

Introduction

Short course on focusing how to get work done with vim.

About vim

  • General purpose; among the most powerful software on the planet
  • Keyboard centric
  • Capable of saving (a lot of) time when used right
  • Cross platform

This mini-course

  • Hands on
  • will cover LaTeX and good practices with vim.
  • Goes from the ground up; ~ 7 hours.
  • Slides and code on my Github

L1

  • Demo
  • Install check
  • Configuration 1
    • Colours
    • Basic options

Demo

  • Concealed math and snippets
    • Mathematica
  • Pure LaTeX
  • Live LaTeX with markdown

If you've not installed yet...

And if you're lucky,

sudo apt install vim     #for ubuntu/debian/mint - needs root
brew install vim         #macOS - needs homebrew
choco install vim   #Windows - needs chocolatey

5 minute introduction

  • Normal/Insert/Command mode
  • Keyboard philosophy: h,j,k,l
  • Vim tutor

Configuration 1

Settings

  • Uncomment vimrc:
    • Download into $HOME from here
    • edit! $HOME/.vimrc
  • Colours: Download nord
    • Create colors directory
    • Paste there

Next time

Getting closer to Gilles' setup.

  • Git
  • vim-plug
  • Installing UltiSnips, python3, zathura/alternative, vimtex
  • Setting up UltiSnips