Vim provides some great tools for performing text operations on highlighted or selected blocks of text. Check out this video for a demonstration on how to use visual mode along with the column visual mode to really speed up how you do things in Vim.

Links and plugins

• http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1195
• http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=670
• http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/vim-advanced-tutorial-videos/#globals-commands-functions

• My Vim Config on Github

Let us know what you think by providing feedback in the video source or
emailing us at feedback@lococast.net

We go over what a buffer is in Vim, how it differs from a window, and how we
can use windows with buffers to work on our files much faster than we can with
tabs.

Commands we talk about

• :buffers
• :buffer 2
• :buffer 3
• :b 2
• :buffers
• :sb 4
• :bnext :bn
• :bprevious :bp
• :ball

Links and plugins

• More Buffer Docs
• Minibufexpl

• LustyJuggler

• My Vim Config on Github

Let us know what you think by providing feedback in the video source or
emailing us at feedback@lococast.net

Also available on YouTube

Lococast.net Screencasts Vim 2: Customizing is Good

Welcome to Lococast.net, screencasts. Today we make the sales pitch to go ahead and customize your vim configuration. The potential payoffs in productivity are huge for any developer. We'll run through some sample items that can make a big difference right off the bat and explain the various ways you can expect to customize things in vim.

Make sure to open this fullscreen or into a larger format so you can see it clearly. Video is recorded in 720p.

Let us know what you think or send us an email at feedback@lococast.net.

My Vim Config: http://github.com/mitechie/pyvim

Lococast.net Screencasts Vim 1: Splits

Welcome to a new series for Lococast.net, screencasts. We love our tools and want to share our experiences with them. Not the beginner help stuff, but the what makes my tool super cool stuff.

In that train of thought we bring you the first screencast. This is a video on getting started with vim splits. Why are they better than tabs, how can they be used, and how can they be used to be more efficient than you were when you started?

Make sure you select to view this in 720p and in full screen if you want it to look clearer. It should be much clearer once using the higher resolution settings from YouTube.

Let us know what you think or send us an email at feedback@lococast.net.

Episode notes file: http://github.com/mitechie/Lococast-Notes/blob/master/vim_001/vim_001.splits.rst

My Vim Config: http://github.com/mitechie/pyvim