How to Use VS Code in Mode

On this special edition of The Changelog, we tell Vim’s story from the mouths of its users. Julia Evans, Drew Neil, Suz Hinton, and Gary Bernhardt join Jerod Santo for a deep and wide-ranging discussion about “the best text editor that anyone ever wrote.”

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Featuring:

• Julia Evans – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Drew Neil – Website, GitHub, X
• Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Gary Bernhardt – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Companion “Vim with me” videos

• Vim with me: Suz Hinton
• Vim with me: Julia Evans
• Vim with me: Gary Bernhardt

Vim configs

• Julia’s dotfiles
• Suz’s dotfiles
• Gary’s dotfiles
• Drew’s dotfiles
• Jerod’s dotfiles

Links from Julia

• vimwiki
• basic.vim from The Ultimate vimrc

Links from Drew

• vim-exchange
• vim-textobj-user
• vim-commentary
• vim-surround

Links from Suz

• vim-twitch-line-sign
• nerdtree
• vim-airline
• git-gutter

Links from Gary

• Wat
• Execute Program
• fzf.vim
• selecta

Learning Vim

• Vim Adventures
• vimcasts
• Practical Vim by Drew Neil

Extras

• Changelog Community (join us in #vimparty)
• Changelog++

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!