How To Actually Use The Syntax Of Vimwiki

[@BrodieRobertson]

If you use Vimwiki, what syntax do you use? I know that Markdown is a fairly popular option besides the basic Vimwiki syntax

[@claytondunavant7033]

In these past few days when I've been messing with it I've been using markdown. I've just heard it's more widely supported. I've also been looking into converting the wiki into a static website with mkdocs so I could have a copy of the wiki I could easily access from anywhere with internet and a browser

[@BryanJenks]

i use markdown myself cause its used everywhere, but the convert to html stuff with vim wiki doesnt work with it and you need to set up something custom, some people have written their own bash scripts to do it with pandoc, others have some ruby gem system to do it, i havent found something that works yet for me but my need isnt too great for html so i dont care too much

[@BrodieRobertson]

@@BryanJenks convert to HTML is not something I ever find myself using either.

[@coleandress]

I learned about Vimwiki from your channel and I'm pretty excited about using it. I've decided to set it up using Markdown since I can use that outside of Vimwiki. I'd like to convert it to HTML so I can drop it somewhere for easy access at school next semester, but that's something I'll have to research.

[@artemmedvedev2963]

Check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYPPf3WZjtxqaqs looks like a very interesting approach

[@JoseRamonCanoYribarren]

2:40 Don't create headers by typing the whole = signs in the begining and the end. Press the `=` key to set the line as header or to increase the header level, and `-` to decrease it. 4:25 Don't change to insert mode, insert a couple of spaces, switch to normal mode, move, and insert mode again. Instead just press `>>` while in normal mode. I actually didn't know about the anchor and file links. Good stuff! Thanks for the video :)

[@BrodieRobertson]

Oh I must have missed the indentation key, that's really helpful. I always forgot you can add a tab from normal mode.

[@blackie5566]

Thank you Brodie! This is so helpful. Just started working with VimWiki and I love it.

[@fan_juggler]

Yes, the same for markdown would be great!

[@pspicer777]

One does not "chuck" text. One gently "enters" text. Another very nice video BR. Be safe all.

[@davidchimay7931]

Looks good, probably one of the closest org-mode equivalent in vim To indent/deindent, it’s more convenient to use C-t / C-d

[@BrodieRobertson]

There is an org mode plugin fir vim

[@michaelmueller9635]

Mark in Joplin: "How To Actually Use The Syntax Of Vimwiki" ...#1 source to get started, no need for additional stuff

[@BlitzertTV]

How does the text/links auto format (there is no bracket, but when the cursor moves to it the [] show)?

[@henninb]

Since I am so stubborn I configured vimwiki to markdown. I enjoy using the tool, however at this time I am satisfied using it with md.

[@BrodieRobertson]

I wanted to try out the vim wiki syntax, but I might swap over we'll see how I feel

[@mcclonei4907]

Currently you cannot convert .md to html with vimwiki, if that makes any difference.

[@mcclonei4907]

How did you get vim to follow your cursor when in insert mode?

[@BrodieRobertson]

On entering insert mode I have vim run zz which vertically centers the buffer.

[@mcclonei4907]

@@BrodieRobertson How about when vim keeps centered on your current line at all times when in insert mode? It almost looks like all the text above your cursor's line gets shifted up, like a typewriter style effect. Thanks.

[@BrodieRobertson]

@@mcclonei4907 I'm just bad at vim and leave insert mode a lot, but you could do it by just running zz alongside every movement action

[@mcclonei4907]

@@BrodieRobertson I found that scrolloff=999 works. I might set it to 999 when entering insert mode, then set it to 0 when in normal mode.

[@BryanJenks]

the fileone you pointed out finally got it so i can open images and pdfs with my wiki pages, thanks for that! also one thing i like if you're not coverting to HTML/pandoc is taking list items like: - item1 - item2 and with this option in your vimrc: let g:vimwiki_listsyms = '✗○◐●✓' (this is the default in the documentation) it will let you use CTRL-Space to toggle completion status of items and if your items are nested the half circle symbols display according to percentage of completion, i think its pretty cool if you're doing TODO lists in your wiki like so: - [◐] test - [✗] item - [✓] item

[@ichaa3tech]

i just use lf as a joplin replacements its gr8 and provides the same view .

[@BrodieRobertson]

It tool me while to realize that Joplin is a glorified file manager

[@ichaa3tech]

damn man , that's true

[@drewskip]

quality. thanks for the explainer video

[@ioewguboiuewrgnl]

Emacs org mode vs vimwiki?

[@BrodieRobertson]

I do need to properly play around with Emacs at some point

[@Froggie92]

this helped alot

[@archuser7607]

I am too lol i am figuring out how do i open vimwiki😭😭

[@senninscorpion]

Very good syntax Specially the table But I'm still stuck to OneNote

[@BrodieRobertson]

I don't think I've ever tried one note out

[@thomasgrey6309]

fyi - Joaquin is prounounced "wha-keen"

[@MetalCoola350]

Almost 1st comment! I have a question, how do you edit your videos?

[@BrodieRobertson]

I use Kdenlive for everything

[@minhajsixbyte]

postulate of every vimwiki video comment section: did you try org mode 😂

[@BrodieRobertson]

If I had a dollar for every org mode or magit comment

[@TheSupergabriel64]

You should make a video about org-mode

[@BrodieRobertson]

Soon ™️

[@BryanJenks]

@@BrodieRobertson 🤣

[@minhajsixbyte]

xD xD

[@leonardonovara9348]

Vimwiki is slowly turning into Org Mode.

[@BrodieRobertson]

That's the plan

[@SenthilBabuji]

Looks like a poor man org-mode. Good for vim users.

[@ezio934]

Yesterday I switch from neovim to emacs. Its awesome, everything from elisp config file to org mode is perfect.