Martin Tomes

On my way to #vimalism (#vim minimalism). Thanks to learning the standard #unix editor (#ed) I was able to reduce number of my plugins to 7 and get rid of #Neovim (which I used just for pretty markdown rendering which I no longer need). I am able to handle everything using the VIM magic 😎 #sysadmin #linux

Switched from #ed the standard #UNIX editor to its extended version and hit a snag: "set ignorecase" in .exrc file made my substitutions in #ex too aggressive! Regex case-sensitivity matters! 😅 Sometimes it's good that #ed does not have it's config file 😎

In case you do not know, you should start looking for a new job. Seriously.

The standard UNIX editor is great not only for learning #Vim but also #sed. it was built upon #ed, which is also a scripting language! You can write ed commands into a file and run it as ed input. Magic! (you don't need to learn sed, actually learn #perl instead 😎 and thank me later)

To learn #vim properly, start with the standard #UNIX editor :) No need for syntax highlighting. For anything else, use the command line. Formatting text in #golang? No problem. Just run #gofmt directly from #ed.

Do you use the standard #UNIX editor? All text editors from the Vim family are successors of #ed, and ed commands work there. They are considered "advanced." Many people show off with them on YouTube without even knowing this. I’m not showing off; I learn and use ed to properly understand and use #Vim. 😎

Editing a #golang code with the standard #UNIX editor. No #VIM, #neovim, #vscode , no syntax highlight or anything like else. This has the 70's vibe :) #ed

My life has become much easier since I started using the "bat" utility instead of "cat". Bat is a "Better cAT", offering significant improvements. I use it with other terminal file utilities to display file contents with syntax highlighting, especially alongside "#fd" and "#fzf". Are you aware of bat? Anyone using it here? #unix #linux #linuxadmin #sysadmin #bat #cat