The default install of Vim needs to be configured which takes time. The RTFM mantra is true for Vim - it has massive and excellent documentation that you could spend months going through. The setup phaseĪs with with many things in UNIX you get back what you put in. MacVim works like a standard application so you don’t need to edit directly in the terminal and comes with many common keyboard shortcuts that you’ll likely be used to. Installation of MacVim via homebrew on OSX is easy I didn’t follow this route but it may be helpful to some. Henrik Nyh has a great article on switching from TextMate using MacVim. Many people recommend using MacVim to ease the transition. If you’ve never used Vim the Welcome to Vim video is the best. The videos start at a beginner level and work through to advanced techniques, are excellently produced and give a particular helping hand for newcomers. If you are thinking of switching to Vim I strongly recommend this resource.
Derek’s videos were one of the main reasons my adoption was so positive.
Looking textmate series#
Vim’s contexts were familiar to me from working on servers so I was at an advantage there but I quickly found Derek Wyatt’s awesome video series on Vim. I started out with baby steps, looking back to TextMate and doing all of the common things a switcher does, especially looking for TextMate’s features in Vim. TextMate was my default editor and broadly I was happy with it but decided to give Vim a go. I had been using vi extensively for server admin work for a number of years so I wasn’t a total noob. Here's an overview of my experience.Įstimated reading time: 5 minutes Table of contentsĪbout 18 months ago I made the decision to give Vim a go as my primary text editor. Last updated Saturday, Vim eighteen months on I switched to Vim for editing text about 18 months ago.
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