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Modern Vim
- ryandelk 14y agoVery cool, looking forward to reading.
- tuhins 14y agoCan't wait.
- wasd 14y agoLove everything about Vim. I found "Vim Essentials" here on HN for free and was mostly bored reading it. This seems a bit more interesting. How about a promise on the page not to share our email with any third parties?
- bengl 14y agoWill add that soon!
- dmayle 14y agoI hate to be negative, but this is just marketing research, there's absolutely no content at the linked site.
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- pedelman 14y agoIs this going to be in print or just as an ebook?
- bengl 14y agoJust an ebook to start. If there's enough interest, I'll see about doing a print edition.
- sudonim 14y agoAfter signing up: "Thanks! I'll send you an email once the book is released." How about sharing vim tips every week as you are writing the book? If you write me one email 8 months from now, I'll probably forget who you are.
- bengl 14y agoHmm, I don't want to be spammy, but this could be a good idea. Anyone else have thoughts on this?
- tkahn6 14y agoI would not view that as spammy at all.
- alecdibble 14y agoIt wont seem spammy if it is well executed. Just make it easy to unsubscribe from the tips without unsubscribing from the book notification. Also, make it clear in the first email that the recipients only signed up to get notified about the book but that you thought it would have been useful to send periodic tips. Also be sure that the tips have are posted on the web, so they can be shared and viewed without having to reference an email.
- fumonko 14y agoI think it's a great idea, especially if the tips are concise and easy to absorb.
- devgutt 14y agoActually it's a pretty good idea, maybe even better than the book itself. I'd be glad to receive vim tips everyday in my e-mail.
- bdunn 14y agoPeople sign up to your list because they are interested in content you provide. No one will mind, and it will certainly improve your sales once you do launch. I did this with my book. 0 unsubscribes.
- achompas 14y agoWhen do you expect to launch the book?
- maximumsteve 14y agoWhy is this being voted up? There is no content on the page besides a vague overview of what the book is about. Where is the appeal to authority? Who is bengl? Is he an author or contributor of vim and that is why it's being upvoted?
- SatvikBeri 14y agoWill you include examples for configuring VIM as a language specific IDE, e.g. for Python or Clojure?
- cage433 14y agoDid you consider using the approach taken by http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/? In that case each chapter was put online as soon as it was written, and then rewritten after taking account of comments. Only when it was finished was the hard copy published. In the end it made for a far better book, and I believe the author made as much money, possibly even more than if he had followed a more traditional process. In any case I don't suppose you were planning to retire on the proceeds of a book on Vim. Best of luck, however you choose to write it. I look forward to reading it.
- joelhooks 14y agohttp://designinghypermediaapis.com/ http://designinghypermediaapis.com/ This is one that I bought and enjoy. He also set up a mailing list so readers had a place to discuss.
- jftuga 14y agoSpeaking of Vim, does anyone know when they might release the next version?
- kamaal 14y agoWe don't need a book. We need a vim installer that can do all those things which you will have to otherwise spend time and work endless hours customizing vim to do. The reason why people move to modern GUI based editors is those editors do many things out of the box which you have to otherwise spend time learning and then do it.
- steevdave 14y agoI've been using the same vimrc (and gvimrc) for at least 4 years (minor tweaks when something breaks, of course). But 99% of the time, it's identical and set up exactly how I like it, versus the magical GUI IDEs that change where options are, or what they are called. I don't have time for that (and I use the same vimrc on windows, Mac and Linux). Sure the initial set up is difficult. But once it's done, it's done.
- jlgreco 14y ago>But once it's done, it's done. And I think that right there is the reason such a tool will never truly catch on. (Nearly) everyone who currently uses Vim wouldn't use it. It is why things like Cream never caught on I think; there really is not as much demand as some people think.
- johncoltrane 14y agoVim has become very popular recently and it seems that a lot of people want to use it right away. I REALLY think that it's a bad idea but, judging by the popularity of things like Janus, SPF13 or the many "ultimate vim configs" I would say there's a demand for turn key solutions.
- jamesrcole 14y ago> Sure the initial set up is difficult. But once it's done, it's done Are you trying to argue that it could not be made quicker and easier, and that there'd be no benefit to making it quicker and easier? I think Vim is great and if, as seems the case, a lot of people are put off it because of the large amounts of up-front effort it requires, then anything which helps lessen that initial effort is a good thing in my books. I think it's a shame that there's often a kinda moralising attitude towards this issue - as if the present level of up-front effort is how things should be, and if, for whatever reason, you aren't prepared to put up with it, then they're not a "Vim person".
- kang 14y agoperhaps a sample chapter? Or details about the author?