On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Mike Hoy <hoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try out Vim. It may take you a week to get used to it. Best thing I ever > did was finally get started on Vim. Once I got used to it I was very happy. > Google around for Vim tutorials. There is a #VIM channel on freenode I > believe. There is also a VIM mailing list that is very helpful. You won't > need these for long. Once you get used to it and think you've learned all > you can you find out there's even more stuff you can do with it. > <snip> > > So it's something that you use for life once you get that feeling of > enlightenment that comes from never having to remove your hands from the > keyboard.
I'm another viim fanatic; I use two terminals - one with vim and one with ipython (I write most of my code on linux). When I'm on windows I have a cmd window open with Ipython and I have a gVim window open. I'm sure I barely scratch the surface of things I can do and I know I've stopped using some things that I'm sure I'll start using the more I code. I really like using F5 to run my code, so you can put in your .vimrc so you don't have to type it, or just type it every time: map <F5> :!python %<Enter> and every time you hit <F5> it will run your current script. Of course I also write code in c++ for school, so I have a few different keys that will change the F5 bindings. Anyhow, the best way to write code is in what you're most comfortable with and enjoy. And of course I believe that everyone should enjoy vim ;) But you should give all the aforementioned tools a try and see what works best for you. HTH! Wayne
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