Monthly Archives: February 2009

Practice

I just watched Corey Haines’ lightning talk from this year’s acts_as_conference: He makes a lot of really good points in a short amount of time. One of the things he says is that if we have to look at documentation … Continue reading

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vim and the enter key

This is just a quick update on how I’m using the enter key in vim. The sticky shift-enter key configuration didn’t work out for me. After pressing shift-enter once, I found that I would press shift-enter again, expecting it to … Continue reading

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vim and vimperator, a few weeks later

A few weeks ago, I started using vim as my main text editor. Soon after that, I installed the vimperator Firefox extension on my main computer. A few days into the use of these two tools, I was really excited … Continue reading

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BIL

I just went to BIL. It was a fantastic conference. I met a lot of interesting people and saw a wide variety of talks. It was my first BIL. The first BIL was last year and about a third of … Continue reading

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Idea: Sticky Shift-Enter in vim

I set up vim to use enter to get out of insert mode. This prevents frequently having to reach for the escape key or use a multi-key combination. To insert a new line while in insert mode, I now use … Continue reading

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