Stop trying to turn Neovim into VS Code!

With examples of using tabs in Neovim and why understanding the differences matters.

[belkamax]

I really appreciate you explained in disclaimer, that its not a replacement for vscode. So I come with no expectations for tool, which is not I use or need in my current workflow. But it made me think to try it for the first, others failed.

[GentlemanProgrammingVods]

Amazing !!! did a video review of your talk and the people were impress, thanks for sharing !!!!

[febranom]

the reason i dont use nvim distro, Its just too 'vscode'y

[sutirk]

Good vid. I remember first trying out vim back in 2018 or something, and i just had such a hard time trying to use buffers/tabs as VScode (sublime at the time!) tabs.
Now that i've fully embraced alternate file, harpoon and telescope git/file/text search, its just works so much better.
Interesting use of tabs as workspaces, but i've never really used that. Just a personal preference to use tmux's windows/sessions to separate my workspaces

[starmechlx]

Nice. I actually removed akinsho's bufferline from my config a couple weeks ago in favor of changing buffers with telescope. so much nicer than trying to figure out why i can't open a particular buffer because it's not currently displayed on the bufferline or having to next over 20 times or whatever. double space -> type the name -> done. so much nicer

[daddychan]

This video could’ve gone in a couple different directions and it went in the right one for sure. Awesome principles!

[yuxiang]

very helpful. It takes me a quite long time to fully understand buffer, window, tab in vim and panel, window, session in Tmux...

[paultapping]

I finally installed lunarvim the other day having finally gotten reasonably comfortable with vanilla vim (not neo), and, oh my! It's rather lovely with some genuinely sane defaults. However, I'm glad I spent the time with vanilla, learning the basics without too much hand-holding.

[williamseipp]

I completely agree. When I read about buffers I was initially thinking "meh I don't want it" but decided I should try it out because I could be missing out on something. It's like picking out ice cream flavors. Yes I like fudgey wudgey but you know maybe pecan praline is worth it. If one doesn't stray from what they know they could be shutting themselves off from some really cool features and a deeper understanding of why there is an alternative.

[berat]

both are good, knowing the basics of neovim is good too, this is how i personally use it, i don't use it a lot but do know some motions, just the basic ones but also use IDEs

[viatrixhd]

I completely agree with you, i am using nvim since a year or so and using it daily for work. At the beginning i used stuff like tabs, file explorer on the left side and so on. But I found better workflows which suit me better, e.g using oil.nvim instead of neotree or creating small scripts to automate common tasks.

[altonmiles]

I'm pretty new to neovim and was looking for the exact functionally of the 'gd' command!

[Just_Areki]

I understand way of vim, but I like my vs-code-like neovim setup. For me it's vim and vsc "best" (or comfortable) features all in one place

[cyuria]

Tbh this sounds like an XY problem.
You need to edit multiple files -> you ask how to use tabs in (neo)vim
You need to do X -> you ask how to do Y

Of course the video is entirely correct, people need to learn to ask how to solve the problem instead of how to apply a specific solution

[airkami]

Well made! Congrats on over 1K subs!
Also, you are currently saying "tabs" is "tubs" and that's okay, but if you want to sound more British, say it more similar to "tobs" with an "ah" sound. To sound more American it is more like "tabs" as in well, SaaS. Which, if we use your accent would sound like "sus" lol

[lucaslopes]

What literate programming tool is that, in the qmd file? It looks like RMarkdown for Python.

[gjermundification]

Are we talking RyanAir seating for my Lamborghini?

[PalashBackup]

I am not trying to convert neovim into vscode. I am trying to turn it into emacs :P

[beardedgiant]

Many valid points but some of what you have, like slime, is emacs-like. Which is an ide. Like vscode.