Let Vim Do the Typing

Why HN readers recommended it

HN users say it made Vim's completion system click for them.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

thoughtbot

Topic

vim completion

Format

tutorial

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

• I've only used vim for three years and it's been a fantastic experience. Every time I'm in a normal editor I long for vim. I think the most important video I watched about vim was about text completion in a thoughtbot meetup [0]. There I …

• To go to the reverse route, I'm a SublimeText and Vim user that's debating going back to pure vim. Much of the functionality that I used ST for I found Vim could do naturally, with no plugins. This presentation taught me alot ( [VIDEO] ), …

• There's a lot of engineering in Vim as well. E.g., Vim's completion system is actually real cool once you learn it (it "clicked" for me after watching this video: [VIDEO] ). Vim regex, folding, and spellcheck also have useful features that you won't find anywhere …