The tool I'm using to show the keystrokes isn't the best - sorry about that. I'll look into other options for my next video. If you have any recommendations for a better one, please let me know!
@elalitte24 ай бұрын
keycastr is quite nice
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@elalitte2 Definitely looks like an upgrade - thanks :)
@PaulPandi694204 ай бұрын
Screenkey a better one
@kiuri.4 ай бұрын
Usually when I watch these videos I tend to see the same tips over and over, that seem more tailored to absolute beginners than frequent vim users. Not this one though, this was great and concise and taught me a few things I did not know. Thank you!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear that the video brought something new to the table for you. Appreciate your kind words and thanks for watching!
@ukpkmkk84094 ай бұрын
totally agree, only see this vids for like 2 minutes, scoll down to comment section see someone has the same thoughts like me
@JefCollier3 ай бұрын
Count me in too! Even if a vid shows me something I know, it's validating because the vimJourney is so personal that we get stuck using something just because we didn't know of another way. I learned a few new things here and my usage of Shift+J has been validated.
@vaisakh_km4 ай бұрын
How many years of using vim, still i had things to learn... wow vib is a game changer
@tariqbaater3 ай бұрын
vim motions are easier if you translate them in your head, e.g for vib you should say it befor typing the motions.. copy inside brackets (v i b) , copy inside function (v i f), change inside quotes (c i ' ) ..etc. The motions are limited to your imagination
@sergeykolesnik11713 ай бұрын
I noticed you use enter for a new line in insert mode. However, reaching for Enter is painful for your pinky. I use for the new line in insert mode, along with instead of backspace and for deleting the word to to the left. When I learned that I can do that instead of reaching for Enter or Backspace, I felt such a relief. No more pain
@henrymisc3 ай бұрын
@@sergeykolesnik1171 That's pretty smart! Is this default behavior or a custom keymap that you set up? I use a split keyboard with enter mapped to my thumb keys though, so for me this is quite comfortable actually :)
@sergeykolesnik11713 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc I think it has been default since the first terminals. I try not to do any remapping for default keys
@sutirkАй бұрын
Same for as tab. It's just that ctrl+letter sends non-printable control character codes. So ctrl + h, i, j just so happen to send backspace, tab, and line feed, respectively. You can also use instead of enter, since it sends The only special case i believe is , which just so happens to be kill-word in both vim insert mode, and the default (emacs) bash bindings
@Cethris4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Sessions were completely new to me. I will try to write something that autosaves the current session from time to time and restores it automatically if the file exists. That would be such a lifesaver
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Someone on reddit pointed out that there's also a plugin called vim-obsession, which offers a nicer interface for managing sessions, if you're interested in a pre-built solution.
@ananyobratapal55214 ай бұрын
Also check out persistent.nvim, written in lua by none other than folke ;)
@TheStickofWar8 күн бұрын
Been using vim for 7-8 years now but I did not know 3 of the points here. So a like and a subscribe for me since most of what you mentioned isn’t targeted to vim beginners
@dhawalkpatilКүн бұрын
Thank you. These are quite useful Unlike many other videos which have the same tips on each video.
@jjh28114 ай бұрын
Just found out the line joining feature has an advantage beyond what you've shown. When combining two lines that included indent spaces, I always got frustrated because I had to delete the spaces. You can't imagine how I felt when I saw that just pressing the J key automatically removed the spaces and combined the lines simply and neatly. Thank you.
@At-Dawn-We-Ride16 күн бұрын
Learned some new Vim motions again, thank you. The only little nitpick I want to add is that the CTRL-z / fg method to suspend/foreground is not provided by or limited to Vim. It is simply how things work in a terminal session, which makes this feature even more useful.
@henrymisc16 күн бұрын
@@At-Dawn-We-Ride True! Thanks for pointing that out.
@xCartoone4 күн бұрын
Really packed with good tips, thanks a lot, best nvim shortcut video i've seen so far
@no_name47964 ай бұрын
Omg, i used neovim for 2 years and i knew only 2 of the tricks lol I love how i still can keep going down VEEERY deep rabbit hole in neovim/vim even after feeling like i learnt everything lol
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
That's the beauty of it IMO :)
@no_name47964 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc I 100% agree. Also: macros are the funniest feature in neovim. It feels like doing a coding game while coding. It's great!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@no_name4796 Totally! It just makes coding more fun!
@FalconCodes-dx2nj4 ай бұрын
Been using vim for 3 years and still this video taught me things that I think would've taken me another year to find if I hadn't seen this video. Thanks a lot for vib and viB that's so fast
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much - this makes me really happy! Appreciate you watching!
@ahmedjaad49403 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc Okay guy this gives me hope, I'm only a few months in my vim journey and I already knew 90% of what it presented here. the i+b and g+x are the only two I learned. @henrymisc is is a great video though
@Teslacoil333 ай бұрын
yeah this one is cool. I had just started getting better at targeting the {, [ and ( keys on my keyboard and that will still come in handy when there are lines with different types of parentheses on them, but for all other ones I'm happy to use b and B :)
@DEVDerr4 ай бұрын
Holy smokes, that was a pure raw good content Didn't know about most of these
4 ай бұрын
Wow! I am totally surprised, I knew some tips, but the ones I didn’t know blew my mind, you have a new subscriber from today, excellent content!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Awesome! Welcome on board :)
@GavinBogie4 ай бұрын
For toggling case I prefer `vit~`. This also gives you access to `vitU` and `vitu` for uppercase and lowercase respectively.
@GavinBogie4 ай бұрын
nvm I just found `guit` and `gUit`... this is epic.
@piotrekgebala25244 ай бұрын
adding closing tags to the column selection was brilliant. Thanks a lot
@theritualeu3443Ай бұрын
This one gave me some serotonin boost :D NICE!
@TheRich1074 ай бұрын
This was a great video, well paced and clear! Please make more!
@wojciech-kulik3 ай бұрын
I think that the most useful thing I learned in recent years is: ":norm! ". You can select multiple lines and call a sequence of key strokes on each one. Example: select in visual mode a few lines and type: ":norm! 0wiprefix " or ":norm! A // some comment". It works basically like running a macro on each line :).
@henrymisc3 ай бұрын
Super powerful, thank you for sharing!
@maxwebstudio4 ай бұрын
Nice tips men ! Love the B and shift B for brackets !
@Fittiboy4 ай бұрын
Some really cool stuff in there, and I even got to say all the ones I already knew out loud before you could, so I got to feel smart! It's the perfect video format.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@Fittiboy Thanks, I appreciate the feedback! I'm considering doing a part 2 :)
@desuburinga10 күн бұрын
What an awesome video, there are quite a few tricks I didn't know! Liked and subscribed!
@henrymisc9 күн бұрын
Awesome, thank you for the sub! :)
@teay57674 ай бұрын
really useful advice, jump between different files, using '!
@NathinSpecial4 ай бұрын
"Jump to a specific line like a prod". We all have this prod PTSD lol. Super cool video, learned a few tricks !
@1234minecraft56784 ай бұрын
Nize video, pure gold and interesting motions.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
@nekoill4 ай бұрын
Neovim is just amazing, I've been using it for a little while longer, but I still use almost the bare minimum of basics, but it is still enough to make text editing so much easier and more comfortable.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more! And sometimes you pick up little tricks here and there that just make our lives so much easier.
@gravityshark5803 ай бұрын
4:41 is not necessarily a 'vim' trick but still extremely useful. i found about it first from a blog about using the unix tools as an IDE itself
@53r314 күн бұрын
not only that, but after suspending a process with Ctrl+Z you can also resume it in the background by typing `bg` instead of `fg`. You can see currently active jobs by using the `jobs` command. Then you can also bring any job back to the front by using `fg %1`, the argument being the job number you saw in the `jobs` command output.
@nguyenthanh14794 ай бұрын
Wow, a lot of new things for me. Bravo!
@jimmyji83392 ай бұрын
nice content. 2 cents from me. C-Z /fg is actually not Vim function. It’s a Linux feature applied to all cli app. You can also type :terminal to have a seperate cmd window. Also, the gx is actually the netrw key mapping, it’s vim defalut folder/file manager . But it’s OK to assume it’s part of the vim . Thanks very much for sharing . Keep it coming ❤
@henrymisc2 ай бұрын
You're right - thanks for your comment! :) Didn't know that gx is provided by netrw.
@Mcdude224 ай бұрын
Man usages of visual block surprised me. Those use cases I absolutely would’ve just done a quick macro on the fly, but in that case visual block is definitely way faster! Big fan
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Glad I could add it to your toolkit :) Thanks for your support!
@byakka4 ай бұрын
Wait until you see :norm
@anruntxd87114 ай бұрын
amazing video, learned a lot from it!
@gatogordo41314 ай бұрын
Finally another channel with good neovim content, not just the usual begging stuff, already subscribed
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Thanks for your support!
@amateur_hacker4 ай бұрын
Fantastic job love the neovim tricks 😊.
@salfum79664 ай бұрын
Awesome video, have stuff to learn. Thanks a lot!
@Sub0x-x404 ай бұрын
this is actually fire, heaps fo stuff i didnt know
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Glad I could add a few tricks to your arsenal. Thanks for watching :)
@peedrojs76834 ай бұрын
I'm trying neovim for the last 2 months, some of the commands I didn't know.. thank you!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
You're so welcome! :)
@121-tech4 ай бұрын
For appending to the end of a group of lines you don't have to jump to the end of the lines, shift-A is enough. Same for prepending. Shift-i is enough. Both shift I and A will go to start/end of line wherever on the line you are. They are also repeatable with period. You don't _have_ to block select either, visual line works as well, in case shift is in a better location than ctrl.
@pouyai-t7f4 ай бұрын
Fantastic tips, I've forgotten some of these. Thanks.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Glad the tips were helpful - always good to have a little refresher. Appreciate you watching!
@raymondkemboi13494 ай бұрын
Learned a lot. Really cool
@umka7536Ай бұрын
Nice one! I did not know the brackets synonyms and g+x for opening the URL.
@henrymiscАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful! :)
@Labib20033 ай бұрын
This is amazing! Really informative video.
@riskeys3 ай бұрын
Awesome tricks! Learned a lot from this video. Keep it up and share some more, master! 😊
@henrymisc3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Will definitely do! :)
@ErmandDurro4 ай бұрын
Great content! Thank you 😃
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
My pleasure! :)
@d7g.x4 ай бұрын
you are a saver, keep it going
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the encouraging feedback 🫶
@khubaib-binehsan4 ай бұрын
1 month into learning vim and already love it. and have known like 12 of them already lmao 😭😭
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
One month in and you're already picking up so much - props to you! Glad I could add the remaining 2 to your arsenal.
@khald0r4 ай бұрын
01:00 How to achieve the same for quotes so I can use q instead of " for changing in quotes for example? When I used to have vim extension in vs code, this was on by default.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
You could set up a keymap for this. Something like this should work: vim.keymap.set('o', 'aq', "a'") vim.keymap.set('o', 'iq', "i'")
@khald0r4 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc It worked! Thanks a lot
@BladeWDR4 ай бұрын
I actually didn't know about the Vim sessions feature, but I prefer the way Harpoon does it. That join two lines feature is an oddball one I didn't know about... I can't think of a scenario where I might want to do this? Maybe if I had a long list of something I wanted to make into one line for some reason, it would be easy to write a simple macro using J to do that, but otherwise, drawing a blank.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Harpoon does handle sessions really well! I actually find myself using Join quite a bit. For example, it is handy when I have a list of items on separate lines that I want to quickly turn into function arguments.
@dennistanui708525 күн бұрын
Wow, this was actually informative
@fuutek91714 ай бұрын
this was great!
@niza.toshpulatov4 ай бұрын
The visual block trick is so cool! I always use regexes for the same result 😅
@chriscastillo80684 ай бұрын
Learned something new. Pretty cool. Thank you.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Happy to hear that! :) Let me know if you have any questions.
@chriscastillo80684 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc What do you use to screen record? I use MacOS and tried OBS but it is not crisp at all.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@chriscastillo8068 I'm using Cleanshot X. Would recommend it but features are a bit limited. I want to try OBS at some point.
@CyperN0774 ай бұрын
Always something to learn. Thanks
@mohit846044 ай бұрын
We want to see more tips like that. Can you also make a video on ex commands because primegen uses them a lot
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Great idea! I actually had a much longer list of tips for this video, but I wanted to keep it concise. Thanks to all of you, I've also learned some new tricks, so there's definitely plenty of material for a part 2! :)
@lpanebr4 ай бұрын
4:38 the % also jumps opening and closing html tags.
@yanisfourel4 ай бұрын
4:38 yes you can use `%` to jump between matching parenthesis/brackes/quotes or whatever, but I learnt recently you can also use `])` to jump to the next unmatched (from the current cursor's position) closing parenthesis, of `[[` to go to the previous square bracket. So if you have: ``` if (true) { int a = 0; //
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
I didn't know that one. Thank you!
@Interyx4 ай бұрын
If you need to quickly get into the terminal in Neovim, you don't even have to leave. Just use :term to open a terminal emulator window right in your workspace, run whatever command, and then use :q to exit the buffer.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Good one thx!
@curtisnix49672 ай бұрын
That gg=G command to auto-indent would be amazing to be able to do. Does that require a specific plugin or anything? Or perhaps it only works for specific file types? LSP needed or something? I just tried it on yaml files in my work environment, and my personal nvim setup as well, and both just removed indents from all lines. It could be a skill issue on my end, I'll re-evaluate later once I have more time to dig into this. Great video by the way. Subscribed.
@henrymisc2 ай бұрын
Interesting! I'm not 100% sure but I think it has to do with Treesitter. I'd try to install the yaml parser with treesitter. I have it in my treesitter config. You can find it in my dotfiles. Link in description. LMK if it helped.
@codemadesimple10435 күн бұрын
Thank you, this is awesome 🎉
@MrFrancjpd2 ай бұрын
Great tips and motions!, Liked & subscribed
@henrymisc2 ай бұрын
Thanks, appreciate you watching! :)
@nicolaisattler19904 ай бұрын
My God, the ctrl-z and fg combination blew my mind haha :D Thanks!
@Flackon4 ай бұрын
That's actually a shell standard, and you can do it with any process!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@Flackon To add to that, if you have multiple jobs running in the background, you can check their status with jobs and bring a specific job to the foreground using fg %. For example, fg %2 will bring the second job back. Thought you’d find this tip handy as well! :)
@МихайлоДвалі4 ай бұрын
What a great tips
@mo-dodo42244 ай бұрын
I really like the theme and thr color pallete what is it and the terminal workflow?
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
I'm using the Nord color scheme everywhere. In my previous video I explain my terminal setup in more detail, maybe you find that interesting. Thanks for watching :)
@madmaxdev4 ай бұрын
bring more videos like this.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
More Vim and Neovim content is planned :)
@redDuck7574 ай бұрын
Cool video. Get some new things. Thanks a lot👍
@paolodominguezhurtado72254 ай бұрын
Great that this video is getting good views. Thanks I am learning a lot. VIM IDE 🚀
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm glad you find it helpful. It's awesome to see the community enjoying it!
@N3krodamus3 ай бұрын
You got my like Sr. Cheers
@sarundayo3 ай бұрын
All good just that please specify wether you use lower case or capital letters next time on your key capture software. Confusing to see G when you actually meant g
@jansustar45654 ай бұрын
Do you have any tips for navigating in insert mode? I find myself just using C-arrows, since it is usually faster than exiting insert mode, navigating and reentering.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
What is your Esc key? If you haven't done so already, you could consider remapping it to a more convenient location like Caps Lock, for example. Also, did you know you can run Normal mode commands directly from Insert mode with Ctrl+O?
@mikaay42694 ай бұрын
These motions are super useful for German keyboard layouts. I wonder why I go them from you...
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
I'm also German, but I don't use a German keyboard layout. I'm curious - what makes them particularly useful for that layout?
@mikaay42694 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc due to the german keyboard having the umlaute, it shifts special characters to other keys which then require you to use keys life ctrl shift and alt a lot more than on a us keyboard. secondly, the | characters are between shift and y (shift and z on a us keyboard) which makes typing them super unusual because you either have to press your ring finger and your pinky finger together to to get > or press right shift and the key which just feels unnatural. Most importantly are the brackets, which are shifted around by the umlaute like I mentionned. Especially for languages which use (){}[] heavily, like for example rust, it makes it very annoying to use a german keyboard in general, so any kind of speedup is useful. Essay over
@BillyBatson-q6v4 ай бұрын
The best motion I recently figured out is that in normal mode hit: '' This will move you back to the place you jumped from (Note: these are two single quotes) Overall one of the most powerfull features of vim are marks but i see no one talk about them
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Wow this is powerful! I used to set marks for this. Thanks!
@keaneplayingmbae28524 ай бұрын
You deserve more subs😭
@yorishinamoku4 ай бұрын
OMG, its AMAZING!!!
@Good-and-Geeky4 ай бұрын
All I need now is a way to remember all of these codes 😂
@devstefancho4 ай бұрын
great work! I just subscribed
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Appreciate you watching :)
@sarojregmi2004 ай бұрын
Great video subscribed
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@de-is4 ай бұрын
What is your status-bar theme? Or overall theme if status bar design is part of it. Just starting with Neovim (kickstart) and would like to change "ugly" default status line. Also percentage of progress in file is missing in my config. It it present in vanilla vim. But can't easily find in nvim.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@de-is I'm using Lualine with the Nord theme. You can find the config in my dotfiles repo. Also a video about the entire config is planned. Hope this helps :)
@elakstein4 ай бұрын
Marking with m was something i learnt. Also i use ctrl + O ctrl + [ ctrl + t for going through my c code.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
@nikolazivkovic23994 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@nashmcguire57713 ай бұрын
Premium tips thanks for making this video 🙏🏽
@gjermundificationАй бұрын
Which part of your config makes formatting of JSON as ggG?
@henrymiscАй бұрын
It's gg=G and it's just a regular Vim feature to reindent an entire file. No configuration needed :)
@thecodealchemist70953 ай бұрын
how were you able to give your editor a custom background?
@henrymisc3 ай бұрын
I set it transparent in Neovim and set it in WezTerm. I explain it in detail in my video about configuring WezTerm :)
@modernkennnern4 ай бұрын
What I learnt is that the g prefix was for more than just ctrl-a. It seems very powerful
@cricocrak4 ай бұрын
Can you do a video on how to get your config? Im starting my journey to vim
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@cricocrak Of course! I'm planning it for the near future. Have fun learning Vim :)
@rendivs4 ай бұрын
thanks sir, now i can enjoy my life at 18 years old 😃
@Fly162 ай бұрын
what font are you using?
@henrymisc2 ай бұрын
JetBrains Mono 🙌
@Fly162 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc aight thanks
@lel75314 ай бұрын
Didn't even mention :x which is the better alternative to any of the binds you talked about
@FalconCodes-dx2nj4 ай бұрын
I would argue that ZZ and :x are about the same in terms of convienence
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@FalconCodes-dx2nj I'd agree with this. ZZ and :x are equivalent. ZZ saves a keystroke since you don't need to press Enter. But pressing the same key twice can be slower or less convenient for some. It's great that Vim gives us options, so everyone can choose what feels most natural.
@GonzaloStoll4 ай бұрын
Very nice video, I learned a couple of things! I didn't fully understand how b and B actually work for replacing i( or i{ 🤔 what is the actual meaning of b/B here?
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
They are synonyms basically. The b text object is a synonym for ( and B for {.
@GonzaloStoll4 ай бұрын
@@henrymisc huh! You learn every day… thank you m8, keep ‘em videos coming!
@legion_prex36503 ай бұрын
i just realized, that my visual block mode and insert and append doesn't work anymore... somewhere on my way i adjusted my keybindings and i have no idea, what's wrong now.
@martonvalentin73864 ай бұрын
Can u give a link for ur tmux conf?
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
You can find it in my dotfiles (link in description). Stay tuned for a future video on it :)
@zombineutralАй бұрын
If it weren't for Vim's World, I wouldn't even be able to follow this video
@user-wr9gz1gr3u4 ай бұрын
I'm using vim for a year and a half or something and I definitely didn't know about any of these, your videos are great, keep it up. But you gotta switch to linux, cmon 😆
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Glad you found it useful :) I have a mac at work and at home, but I've always wanted to dive more into Linux! Might do it eventually.
@blanky_nap4 ай бұрын
Not bad video, but new already all the features
@yanisfourel4 ай бұрын
2:50 you pressed `jjjjjjjjjj` instead of pressing `G` Another way to solve that would be to do `:%s/.*/\0` and enter, I prefer that but it's not objectively better
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@yanisfourel Well spotted! Indeed G would be better! I love that substitute command. Thanks for sharing! :)
@fabricehategekimana53504 ай бұрын
Nice content ! Suscribed !
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate you watching :)
@DennisGray-p7f4 ай бұрын
vib/viB. Already a useful video.
@kieranmckenzie29954 ай бұрын
viq also works for strings
@4w0ken26 күн бұрын
geiles video bro. endlich maln deutscher vimmer
@henrymisc26 күн бұрын
Danke dir! 🤜🤛
@lileightright4 ай бұрын
Very helpful, but please be more careful with the command cases that are shown. For example, you say 'press g,' but it shows a capital 'G,' which can be confusing for people following along.
@henrymisc4 ай бұрын
@@lileightright Absolutely! Thanks for pointing that out. The tool I'm using isn't the best. I realized that too late. I'll look for another tool next time.
@mr_rti4 ай бұрын
Shift key is shown when capital letters are pressed btw, but yeah it is a little bit uncomfortable