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My vim config is empty. I use it periodically and know the basics. I prefer it over nano and pico by a mile. 600 lines seems pretty long to me. I don't even kn

by Osiris 6y ago

My vim config is empty. I use it periodically and know the basics. I prefer it over nano and pico by a mile. 600 lines seems pretty long to me. I don't even know what I would put in a .vimrc file. Obviously I don't use it enough to even have annoyances. The nice thing about have no config is that I can hop into vim on any computer or server anywhere and be able to use the editor. I don't have to worry about having muscle memory of using keybindings/aliases that don't exist.

enriquto 6y ago
> My vim config is empty. That's the way to go. Unfortunately, most humans are fallible and I had to add a single line: inoremap <tab> <esc>
ogre_codes 6y ago
VIM is fantastic for editing files on servers for this reason.
nurettin 6y ago
Mine is 3 lines. Background dark, shift width and tab spaces. Been like that for around 18 years.
- Osiris 6y ago
  I should probably add that. I know I have had it at some point on a different computer.
sumtechguy 6y ago
mine is empty because i jump between so many different machines and my config is not there. so i have to remember them.
iso947 6y ago
Mine was empty until the defaults changed in vim 8 and broke a lot of sensible behaviour.
ybbond 6y ago
as much as I enjoy my current job, I really want to learn new programming language/paradigm, or new skills to let me have a job with vanilla Vim without vimrc as my daily driver.
alwillis 6y ago
While I understand why you may want an empty config, at the same time, I don't get it. It's not a criticism. I knew a guy that not only had no config, he didn't even use syntax highlighting, which I can't live without. All of that power and configurability is there for a reason. My config is about 250 lines; a lot of that is just to have Vim operate like it's 2020 and not the 90's. I'm not a C programmer, so I don't want /usr/include in my search path, which it is by default. I want to ignore things I have no intention to edit, so I have set wildignore=*~,.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,*.bmp,*.gif,*.gz,*.ico,*.jpeg,*.jpg,*.mp4,*.pdf,*.png,*.tar,*.webp,*.xz Gotta have relative numbering while showing the absolute number for the current line: set number set relativenumber I write a lot of HTML; having Emmet (see https://medium.com/vim-drops/be-a-html-ninja-with-emmet-for-vim-feee15447ef1 https://medium.com/vim-drops/be-a-html-ninja-with-emmet-for-...) enables me to write div#page>div.logo+ul#navigation>li*5>a <C-y>, and get <div id="page"> <div class="logo"></div> <ul id="navigation"> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> </ul> </div> Saves lots of time and keystrokes. From .vimrc to .vim: https://vimways.org/2018/from-vimrc-to-vim/ https://vimways.org/2018/from-vimrc-to-vim/ Fabulous article that explains runtime files and why many modifications to most people's .vimrc should be in ~/.vim/.vimrc and other other runtime directories. Lots of Vim users talk about using a minimal config because they need to access random machines that won't have their custom setup. Or that it's some kind of badge of honor to not have any plugins, even if they could save you a ton of time and keystrokes. Let's not forget: 1. Vim is great at remote editing, so you can use your config when updating files on servers, etc. 2. You could put your ~/.vim/.vimrc in a repo and install it anywhere you need it in like 5 minutes. 3. You could also rsync your local config to a machine if you needed to. Of course I can use barebones Vim on some random server, but sometimes you need all the goodies with you. The video Your Vim is only for you: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPBpmkQdw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPBpmkQdw8) reminds us that our Vim is just for us and if that means tricking it out so that it becomes our own custom editor, then so be it.

by Osiris 6y ago

enriquto 6y ago

> My vim config is empty. That's the way to go. Unfortunately, most humans are fallible and I had to add a single line: inoremap <tab> <esc>

ogre_codes 6y ago

VIM is fantastic for editing files on servers for this reason.

nurettin 6y ago

Mine is 3 lines. Background dark, shift width and tab spaces. Been like that for around 18 years.

Osiris 6y ago
I should probably add that. I know I have had it at some point on a different computer.

sumtechguy 6y ago

mine is empty because i jump between so many different machines and my config is not there. so i have to remember them.

iso947 6y ago

Mine was empty until the defaults changed in vim 8 and broke a lot of sensible behaviour.

ybbond 6y ago

as much as I enjoy my current job, I really want to learn new programming language/paradigm, or new skills to let me have a job with vanilla Vim without vimrc as my daily driver.

alwillis 6y ago

While I understand why you may want an empty config, at the same time, I don't get it. It's not a criticism. I knew a guy that not only had no config, he didn't even use syntax highlighting, which I can't live without. All of that power and configurability is there for a reason. My config is about 250 lines; a lot of that is just to have Vim operate like it's 2020 and not the 90's. I'm not a C programmer, so I don't want /usr/include in my search path, which it is by default. I want to ignore things I have no intention to edit, so I have set wildignore=*~,.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,*.bmp,*.gif,*.gz,*.ico,*.jpeg,*.jpg,*.mp4,*.pdf,*.png,*.tar,*.webp,*.xz Gotta have relative numbering while showing the absolute number for the current line: set number set relativenumber I write a lot of HTML; having Emmet (see https://medium.com/vim-drops/be-a-html-ninja-with-emmet-for-vim-feee15447ef1 https://medium.com/vim-drops/be-a-html-ninja-with-emmet-for-...) enables me to write div#page>div.logo+ul#navigation>li*5>a <C-y>, and get <div id="page"> <div class="logo"></div> <ul id="navigation"> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> </ul> </div> Saves lots of time and keystrokes. From .vimrc to .vim: https://vimways.org/2018/from-vimrc-to-vim/ https://vimways.org/2018/from-vimrc-to-vim/ Fabulous article that explains runtime files and why many modifications to most people's .vimrc should be in ~/.vim/.vimrc and other other runtime directories. Lots of Vim users talk about using a minimal config because they need to access random machines that won't have their custom setup. Or that it's some kind of badge of honor to not have any plugins, even if they could save you a ton of time and keystrokes. Let's not forget: 1. Vim is great at remote editing, so you can use your config when updating files on servers, etc. 2. You could put your ~/.vim/.vimrc in a repo and install it anywhere you need it in like 5 minutes. 3. You could also rsync your local config to a machine if you needed to. Of course I can use barebones Vim on some random server, but sometimes you need all the goodies with you. The video Your Vim is only for you: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPBpmkQdw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPBpmkQdw8) reminds us that our Vim is just for us and if that means tricking it out so that it becomes our own custom editor, then so be it.