Tag Archives: editor

Light at the end of the carpal tunnel: snippets in vim with snipMate

I’ve tried a number of snippet plugins for vim, many claiming more and less feature parity with the beloved TextMate. I started using snipMate today, and it is by far my favorite. If you haven’t seen TextMate-like snippets in action, … Continue reading

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Code navigation, completion and snippets in vim

In my last post on configuring vim as a (Python) IDE, there were two topics I forgot to cover and another I feel it necessary to amplify. The missing: viewing your code at a high level, and navigation therein; insertion … Continue reading

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Python and vim: Make your own IDE

I prefer to use vim for most of my systems administration and programming related editing tasks. Aside from the usual argument that it will be present on any *nix system worth its silicon that you log in to, I choose … Continue reading

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