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Vim has been already mentioned several times (in terminal context), but if you want you can use GVim (https://www.vim.org/download.php#pc https://www.vim.org/do

by asicsp 4y ago

Vim has been already mentioned several times (in terminal context), but if you want you can use GVim (https://www.vim.org/download.php#pc https://www.vim.org/download.php#pc). IIRC, by default, you'll get behavior similar to Notepad (so, things like ctrl+c/v will work, you don't need to learn Vim stuff). At least that was the case when I tried a few years back. If not, you can explicitly use easy mode to get this behavior. But of course, I'd suggest to learn Vim to get the best out of this editor :)

jesse__ 4y ago
+1 for gVim on Windows. I'm a long time terminal vim user on Linux but I've found gVim to be a good fit for developing on Windows. I would recommend hooking your compiler output up to the quickfix window so you can hop around to error messages. Other than that the stock setup will probably be a good base to go from.
gw99 4y ago
I've used a tiny subset of vim for about 20 years that sits just above plain vi. It has been a very comfortable place to be. And it works well on Windows with gVim as mentioned.
- osigurdson 4y ago
  Suggest installing git for windows (since you are probably already using git anyway), and then create a bash profile in Windows Terminal. Then you can just use vim in the terminal like Linux/macOS. I personally dislike opening a UI when I am doing stuff in the terminal. As a plus, it looks great.
gilcot 4y ago
+1 for GVim. Every time I'm forced to work on Windows OS, I first install GVim.
CoolCold 4y ago
My google-fu can be quite bad, but so far I don't know way to search in Vim with fixed strings, not with regex - quite often I do want just to copypaste some string and not to bother on escaping dots or any other chars. Dumb simple search like Notepad do. Do you know the trick?
- orev 4y ago
  Take a look at ‘nomagic’ or \V.
  - CoolCold 4y ago
    From what I read before, it still has special meaning for backslash > Use of "\V" means that in the pattern after it only the backslash has a special meaning. "very nomagic" which is not "put whatever is in your clipboard and it will have no interpolation" thing from my PoV
quickthrower2 4y ago
For a big file GVim is the only way for me! Everything else crashes.

by asicsp 4y ago

jesse__ 4y ago

+1 for gVim on Windows. I'm a long time terminal vim user on Linux but I've found gVim to be a good fit for developing on Windows. I would recommend hooking your compiler output up to the quickfix window so you can hop around to error messages. Other than that the stock setup will probably be a good base to go from.

gw99 4y ago

I've used a tiny subset of vim for about 20 years that sits just above plain vi. It has been a very comfortable place to be. And it works well on Windows with gVim as mentioned.

osigurdson 4y ago
Suggest installing git for windows (since you are probably already using git anyway), and then create a bash profile in Windows Terminal. Then you can just use vim in the terminal like Linux/macOS. I personally dislike opening a UI when I am doing stuff in the terminal. As a plus, it looks great.

gilcot 4y ago

+1 for GVim. Every time I'm forced to work on Windows OS, I first install GVim.

CoolCold 4y ago

My google-fu can be quite bad, but so far I don't know way to search in Vim with fixed strings, not with regex - quite often I do want just to copypaste some string and not to bother on escaping dots or any other chars. Dumb simple search like Notepad do. Do you know the trick?

orev 4y ago
Take a look at ‘nomagic’ or \V.
- CoolCold 4y ago
  From what I read before, it still has special meaning for backslash > Use of "\V" means that in the pattern after it only the backslash has a special meaning. "very nomagic" which is not "put whatever is in your clipboard and it will have no interpolation" thing from my PoV

quickthrower2 4y ago

For a big file GVim is the only way for me! Everything else crashes.