Intro to Vim Macros

#short #shorts #neovim #programming #vim

[devlinbowman]

You can make your macros recursive by calling the assigned register during recording. Eg; qw + the things you want + @w +q to stop recording. This way the macro calls itself on completion.

[ghun]

This is black magic, the dark art I want to learn

[maxz]

I had a realization at the end of this clip… I have been calling my macros repeatedly one by one for far too long now. Don’t know why I didn’t notice this earlier.

[scally]

holy shit never even looked into what the recording q thing is. legend.

[aquepaique]

ctrl-v + G + I + *insert mode* - [ ] <esc>

[theodorealenas]

Today Vim macros helped me a lot.
:e /tmp/a
:.!ls -1
And then I recorded a macro.
This /tmp/a file now contained a list of files.
The macro would use that list to jump to a file, call another macro, and come back.
I wanted to remove the header and footer from all the HTML files of a directory.
Then I wanted to do another operation to all the files, so I kept the outer macro and changed the inner.
It was an adventure. The context of why I wanted to do it was terrible, but doing it was fun.

[hamm]

You can also use ctrl + v to highlight the first character of each line and then do shift + i. Type in your bullet points. Hit esc, and then bam you have your check list.

I need to play around with macros for sure though

[bashbunni]

Guys, of course you can use visual block mode for this, I’m just showing the most basic example of macros in under 60s. Cmon 😂

[GabeKMusic]

tip: + moves down a line and moves your cursor to the first char. saves a key press compared to j0

[ilyeshammadi]

Nice. A much nicer way to avoid adding the j will be to use parallel macros with :3, 8norm @w without including the j when recording the macro

[ProjectileGrommet]

Relative line numbering is perfect for this

[MilanGunasekera]

Another useful way to do this could be by using a Visual Block <CTRL-v>. When in this mode, key down to the bottom with G, then press "I" to enter insert mode. You can then insert the - [ ] and exit back to normal mode with ESC

[nekoill]

Wouldn't it be easier if you first just hit Ctrl+v and then whatever you need to press to get to the end of your list, then hit capital I, type `- [ ]`, hit Esc and be done?

[nkodoko]

In the words of Prime "macro pressure!"

[asadanik]

You are JavaScript ❤.. difficult to catch you up. Still loving you silently

[QuantPhilosopher]

You can do the same with visual block mode: ctrl + V, then go down to whatever line you want to insert content into, then type an I, then start typing and click ESC once you're done.

[sebaszwarc]

Other editors was written by developers to help you, in vim you must help yourself

[owenwexler]

I got fully Vim-pilled this week after deciding to give it another try and spending a week with Vim Adventures, Vim Racer, and VimTutor. Using VSCode with the Neovim extension until I get Neovim fully set up on my machine.

[patrickraedler]

Nice, I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing :)
Also, which is that font that you are using? Looks really nice!

[heheitskenny]

Does anyone know what colorscheme is used in the demo here? Thanks