That One Micro Talk on Macros (NeovimConf 2023)

[@ScottZirkel]

90% of my macros have been recorded while trying to quit.

[@jesseleite]

Me too bud. Me too.

[@anothercrappypianist]

So relatable.

[@jkt836]

It feels like every single damn time

[@oliverwann3300]

hahah that is what I want to say

[@RootsterAnon]

I know you are like joking and kinda funneh, but dude, it's 101% true.

[@coderjo6944]

My friend who has a PHD in English had a phrase that he would use to say when a way of doing things was better than all the rest. "More Gooder!!" ....Your way of doing things is "More Gooder"!! ;)

[@matthewrobinson4442]

Great video!

[@kozmicluis2552]

I love macros, especially when dealing with JSON and incrementing numbers. However most things I've learned to edit with visual range selection and :norm(al) commands; for example the first example is basically: - Select the range, in this case the whole file: ggVG - Type in the normal command and get ready to visualize what you want to do: Press [:] and then type [norm ] so it looks like [:'norm I- [ ] ] and hit If you need to signal ESC or other special characters, while in command mode, press and then the special key, it turns into symbols; example, will turn into ^[

[@ImperiumLibertas]

This is great when the data is nicely coupled together but as soon as it's distributed having the ability to do searches and other complex motions after manually moving the cursor becomes necessary.

[@yahalloe]

Damn ur config looks so clean and slick!

[@lsagar]

instead of hitting ^ and i to go the the beggining of the line and going to inser mode, you can use shift + i

[@jesseleite]

100%! ...But see 5:28 where I made it clear that `^` wasn't even necessary in that example, but the goal was to teach that going to the beginning of the line first can be a good mindset/habit. Anyway yes, absolutely use capital `I` to insert 😊👍

[@nagkanya]

Very insightful, and great presentation too. Thank you for the awesome talk!

[@andreich1980]

Great talk, looking forward to see the course :D

[@IainSimmons]

Great talk! Subscribed!

[@gjermundification]

9:46 Not sure I'd qualify...

[@WaylonWalker]

Epic talk! I am installing Macaroni now! :x

[@jaredteaches894]

The list example could also be achieved with , select all the rows, and then pressing I.

[@jesseleite]

Absolutely, but / visual block mode wouldn't work for every example, and this was a macros talk :) Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@tudorliviu6405]

Nice video ! Congrats ! Launch the course sooner ! 😆

[@jesseleite]

Will be trickling videos out in sections for sure!

[@n.a.s1096]

What tool is used for presenting?

[@jesseleite]

Which part, the slides? That was maaslalani/slides

[@jobinnelson]

Great video. What colorscheme is this ?

[@n.a.s1096]

Oxocarbon?

[@jesseleite]

miami-nights preset in nvim-noirbuddy

[@romangeneral23]

Emacs for life!

[@jdsee4520]

Nice introduction to macros 👏 I know it‘s supposed to communicate the idea on how to approach macros, but just for fun another way of creating the numbered todo list: GI0. Gg 😋

[@jesseleite]

Thank you for kind words! And yep, as with many things in Vim, many ways to skin the cat! I use a fair bit too, but macros