Tag Archives: vim

VIM: Moving around windows made a little easier (and how to escape without Esc)

This is a quick post with some shortcuts I just implemented in my vimrc file that I just felt compelled to share with the world. It answers the question, “Are you tired of hitting Ctrl-W to move around windows?” Then do I have the solution for you! Pop these guys into your vimrc file: nnoremap <S-C-h> <C-W>h nnoremap <S-C-j> [...]
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Coding on phone; Vim pays off

Learning more Vim paid off the other day. I edited a couple files on a remote server using my T-Mobile G1 along with the ConnectBot program. The process was, of course, pretty simple. Start ConnectBot on the G1. Connect to the server. cd to the directory containing the file I wanted to edit. Type vim <name of file> Edit as [...]
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