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I'm too lazy to change the defaults on the fonts. Blame the Notepad++ guys. And I rarely notice the comment issue that you pointed out... as sadly most of the
by DarkShikari 18y ago
I'm too lazy to change the defaults on the fonts. Blame the Notepad++ guys. And I rarely notice the comment issue that you pointed out... as sadly most of the code I work on is sorely lacking in comments.
The line wrapping isn't an issue because I usually make it much wider, and if when its wider there's still line wrapping, the person who wrote such code should probably be forced to endure great pain. Most programs I work on have a "please don't make 250-character-lines" policy, for good reason.
- tptacek 18y agoWhat do you like about Notepad++?
- DarkShikari 18y agoSplit-screen editing (of the same file even; most editors don't let me split-screen edit the same file in two different windows), automatic syntax highlighting, bracket-matching (the standard stuff), tabbed editing, and the various built-in tools. I do sometimes use vim, but I find that a simple tabbed GUI text editor gives me the most productivity. I've never liked IDEs, especially since I would rather just type "make" than try to use an internal build system. Add to this the fact that both my company and all my personal projects are based on the GNU toolset in some form or another.
- slacker 18y agoAlso Vim support tabs ':tabnew some_file'. 'gt' and 'gT' to switch between them. Even more, you can split several files in each tab.
- tmallen 18y agoSplit screen with same file :vsp Syntax highlighting :syntax on Tabs :tabnew Bracket matching :inoremap ( () :inoremap [ [] :inoremap { {} And so many built-in tools...you really should take another look. I use TextMate on my Mac to churn out massive amounts of HTML, but any other editing happens in (G)Vim.
- avinashv 18y agoBefore you go overwriting pretty useful default functionality, check Vim's manual for what those do to see if it isn't more useful (I prefer the defaults).
- thomasmallen 18y agoWhat part of the help docs is about brace/parentheses matching? Everything I've seen online uses a simple key mapping like the ones I posted.
- coliveira 18y agouse :set showmatch
- thomasmallen 18y agoShowmatch is there to highlight matching braces, not to insert them. The mappings actually match your braces by writing the close brace/parens/bracket. Here are the coding aids from my vimrc. They're pretty simple, as I don't like to change how Vim works too much: " Coding aids set undolevels=5000 set backspace=indent,eol,start vnoremap < <gv vnoremap > >gv " Braces, etc. inoremap ( ()<LEFT> inoremap (<CR> (<CR>)<ESC>O inoremap () () inoremap { {}<LEFT> inoremap {<CR> {<CR>}<Esc>O inoremap {{ { inoremap [ []<LEFT> inoremap [<CR> [<CR>]<Esc>O inoremap [] [] " Wrap in braces, etc. vnoremap -( <ESC>`>a)<ESC>`<i(<ESC> vnoremap -[ <ESC>`>a]<ESC>`<i[<ESC> vnoremap -{ <ESC>`>a}<ESC>`<i{<ESC> vnoremap -" <ESC>`>a"<ESC>`<i"<ESC> vnoremap -' <ESC>`>a'<ESC>`<i'<ESC> " End the line, adding a semicolon inoremap <S-CR> <ESC>A;<ESC>o noremap <S-CR> A;<ESC>j I also use NERDCommenter for quick commenting, an XML tag wrapper script, and a tag closer script. As you can see above, typing the open/close pair doesn't result in "())", and typing an open brace plus a carriage return automatically adds the close brace to the line below, in the format: function hello($name) { // Insertion point } Edit: Of course, that isn't my entire .vimrc
- avinashv 18y agoNo idea, but I don't find that useful. I use :set showmatch, and a plugin called UnMtchBracket.vim (IIRC) that highlights any currently unmatched brackets. This is pretty personal, so I guess it's something you may want to at least give a try.
- rfunduk 18y agoGive E-TextEditor a try if you're stuck on Windows. http://www.e-texteditor.com/ http://www.e-texteditor.com/