7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a lasting philosophy for improving your editing process incrementally, and it was widely remembered after Moolenaar's death.

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

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

GoogleTalksArchive

Topic

text editing efficiency

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2023

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

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• It takes a year because you learn it over time. Learning a tool progressively is the best way to go. There is a wonderful presentation called '7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0' [1] explaining this philosophy. The idea is to get the basics down …

• Loved his "7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0" (2007) talk and humor [1] "How many of you are mostly using Emacs?" a bunch of raised hands "Okay, we'll try to convert some people today!" RIP, Bram Moolenaar [1] - [VIDEO]

• Thank you Bram for everything. Your talk, 7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0 inspired me and it started my Vim journey. Using Vim all these years has been a complete joy. You will not be forgotten. Link to the talk: [VIDEO]