notes.txt

RailsBerry 2012 talk -- Expert-level Vim

stretch!

solicit questions

experience-level survey
quick tips for beginners
  don't be scared
    vim is a programming language for editing text
  use vimtutor

what holds intermediate vimmers back?
  high-level
    be obnoxiously intolerant of extra typing
      frequently-repeated commands are high-value
          saving
            C-s vs :w
            100 * 5 * 50 * 10 = 250,000 * 5 = 1.25M
                                250,000 * 2 = 500,000 (delta: 750,000) 
            good for carpal tunnel too!
            macvim gives you command+w by default
          <Leader>w instead of C-w w
        bind a ton of leaders
      also watch for occasional operations that are particularly slow
        record a macro for turning var into a let (and we'll do this live)
        record a macro for extracting a method
      accept your typos and bind them
    they don't have a cheat sheet
    their vimrcs suck
      an empty vimrc is great in the beginning
      I don't like janus
      your vimrc should be growing roughly linearly with your skill
      mike burns' vimrc
    they don't rtfm
      how to navigate
      editing effectively is great

  vim anti-patterns
    using the arrow keys
    opening files by hand
      command-t
      rails.vim
    holding j or k
      set number and G
      search
      set relativenumber
    not knowing available motions
      w, t, f, i, a
      dap (use whitespaced methods)
    they never learned key concepts
      macros
        turn var assign into a let
        dump macro and then change method name 
      vimscript
        steve losh's book
        show ruby test runners
    they don't use surround.vim
      cs'"
      cs)}
      } vs {
      add tags

  pimp Drew's book

  contact/github info

Todo:
  print notes

Setup:
  text size huge
  friendly resolution
  invert colors
  check registers for contraband
  clear history
  boot guard for apprentice.io
  get apprentice io specs open in second screen; make sure green
  open tab with drew's book code
  open chrome tabe with drew's book
  put ilet(:ea)f=xxys${ into f as backup