@@ycaro002 Wayland is superior to X in a lot of ways, but just try it and you'll see. You get a strangers guarantee on the internet so its bound to be worth it right?
@@yavko I tried Xmonad once, and I was an i3 config junkie before that. But honestly I found the default i3 to be very great lately. I don’t bother much with configurations and just focus on productive work.
Thank you! I've been using Jetbrains for probably a decade already, and your videos convinced me to learn neovim. It's really not as hard as it seems, I'm on day 2 of using neovim exclusively and already good enough to not get lost. And holy shit, just exploring all the vim commands and figuring out how to combine them... when I experiment with something a little bit more complex, wondering "will this actually work?" and it ends up doing exactly what I wanted, that really gives such nice dopamine hit like no other software I've ever worked with.
@@astago2966 most likely, but you can't be 100% sure cause he doesn't show his fingers. Also, as a dvorak typist, i dont recommend stopping typing in qwerty. Use both layouts, because if you use someone elses computer itd be a nightmare
This is the third time I'm watching this video and I'm just in awe at how much I can now understand after getting into neovim, THANK YOU so much for those tutorials, you're are GREAT PRIME! Never stop teaching!
Real talk why? I remapped my navigation ijkl to be up/left/down/right, and h is insert. I get that i stands for insert but it's more natural to me my way
@@mixed_nuts The general idea is that JK, as your two strongest home-row keys (for the right hand) form a sort of action pair (in this case, up/down). Then, HL form another pair (left/right) around that. As a bonus, this avoids occupying your pinky, since it's comparatively weak. If an arrow-key arrangement makes more sense, go for it, but be prepared for confused glances from other vimmers :)
Please make that total walkthrough you mentioned in this video of how to be a productive beast of a programmer using the tools you do. I am 21, new to the real side of programming and web dev. Thank you for your videos they have been enlightening me to the world of programming like no other channel has.
You've switched me to a rose-pine color theme and helped me a lot in getting started with vim. I've never had more fun navigating using vim motions. It's so fricking cool. Thank you!
Would be curious to see your debugging workflow, if anyone else has interest in that sort of thing. It definitely seems like a pain point in the setup/usage of vim/neovim, and it's usually the thing I find myself reverting to an IDE for.
@Igor Roztropiński the debugger is an invaluable tool. Sure you can get by without it, I did for years, and you can definitely "write better code" to avoid using it excessively as a crutch, but the ability to drop right into the runtime, inspect the scope, run arbitrary code, etc, can be a massive time saver
There's some really great navigation stuff in this video. I would love to get this fast some day. I'm working my way into using Neovim as my daily driver, but so far I can only really use it effectively when editing single files. I use vim keybindings on VSCode, because I understand how the files and navigation and stuff works, and all that stuff, but I would love to learn more about how buffers, windows, tabs, etc. work in Neovim. As of now I just end up feeling so claustrophobic with multiple files or an integrated terminal as I often just lose track of them or forget the shortcuts to navigate around/manage windows/buffers.
That was fun. I have been using LazyVim for some weeks now and I am getting a similarly nice and flowing experience. I just need to add harpoon to the mix, sorry about that omission!
@@IgorGuerrero you could also use file marks mM would mark a location in a file and 'M would take you to that location in that file. (You can use any capital letter to mark a location e.g. mA 'A would also work)
@@IgorGuerrero Thanks, I used that already, it was a bit distracting because there are lots of jump targets in th e whichkey display, not just the ones I intentionally set.
Also these vim videos have so much rewatch value. I mean, I’m probably gonna play this over and over and pausing tip by tip until I get it all committed in my memory
Excellent video. You are a skilled programmer that is for sure. You blaze through things so fast. I realize that vim is the only tool for you because of your focus on doing something.
Appreciate this (almost as much as your chat with casey) - learning vim at the moment so videos like this are really helpful in understanding how the pieces fit together.
You should make a video on dvorak, why did you decide to make the switch, why did you choose dvorak over other """newer""" and """better""" layouts, how hard was the transition and how long did it take you to get back to full speed typing!
He talks about on stream that in hindsight he'd remap the special characters instead of using Dvorak. It took me only a month to switch cold turkey to get back to my qwerty speed. A custom layout is probably ideal. Dvorak is a bit too right hand heavy imho
Thanks for the demo. Very inspiring! You made me switching from Vim to NeoVim, good sir. I'm also a dvorak typist so your keybindings were perfect (esp. Harpoon). I've also used Lazy as my plugin manager (works the same except "nvim " only loads Netrw and the colorscheme).
I've recently started using markers (m to make marker, ' or ` to jump to marker) and they're rather convenient but something you wouldn't start using unless you consciously thought about it at first.
I come from Emacs-land, and really liked emacs' registers. Learning about vim markers allowed me to stay in the same navigation patterns that I'm used to, but with vim that uses less than half the RAM.
OMG I used to us vi for everything 30yrs ago, I was doing some python using vim recently and it was taking me so long I went to vscode...but you have led me back to the light😃.
I started using nvim after I watched your setup video,. Today I needed to resolve some git conflicts, and I wasn't sure how to do it using fugitive and had to open vscode (*spit*) for that. Anyway, the timing of this was perfect haha. Thank you for sharing the nvim wisdom.
Prime I didn't know the fugitive is so AWESOME I'm using other plugin but many time I'm lost to resolve merge conflicts, every time had been nightmare! After today I will mastered vim fugitive and BIG THANKS!!
Nice, Prime. I remember watching Ryan Florence vim his way around during a React talk and thinking I need to up my game. This vid is inspiring. Challenge accepted.
I started learning how to be a programmer recently. I've installed Ubuntu and read some very basic introductory book about it. I bound some applications to the F keys which is already so much better than using your mouse or alt-tab on windows. Currently I'm learning vim from a book. I can see the power of all the different editing commands. I'd be very much interested in a video about all of those other productivity tools you mentioned.
That's called procrastination. You can program in freaking notepad, when you get actual job you will see that 90% of time is not spend on writing text but thinking
Been using neovim since your step by step guide. I appreciate it mr. PrimeTime. Yes I might or might not be intentionally mispronouncing your name. Edit: Learned a lot of stuff, good shit!
Mate this video is so fucking good. I've used vim to edit config files in Linux but I've only developed at work and thats usual visual studio. You've just convinced me to configure nvim myself and switch over to it
Please do a video on vim for Dvorak users. What key bindings do you recommend changing vs not changing? Either because it is more fundamental and pervasive, or not easy to set up on a system that you are visiting briefly and need to use base vim. You may not get very many views and likes, but you know that the ones that you get from us fellow Dvorak typists will be heartfelt!
@ThePrimeagen please also do a video on your keyboard choice - you seem to be using a kinesis - and how you place it for optimum ergonomics. What are your thoughts on the upcoming dygma defy - esp. for dvorak typists.
This video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 This really shows that vim is not black magic. Your key combinations are nothing crazy. Pretty basic stuff. You're just thinking FAAAAST. I started experimenting with Neovim like 2 days ago and aside from the git tool I was pretty familiar with all of your commands. I understand them, but my brain can't process it so fast just yet...
I learned vim 3 years ago. I spent about a month and was getting quite comfortable with it. Then life happened I kind of spent a long time away from PC and now I just realized that not only have I forgotten everything. I don't even remember the fooking basics and I used to have custom keybinds ;_;
Can you make a video about why you use dvorak and what it's like switching over in terms of vim and your whole experience? Also why don't you use emacs with evil-mode?
Lol of course you're also a Dvorak user 🤣 I learned Dvorak back in 2015 during high school summer vacation; I learned Rust in 2020 during covid shutdown and my freelancing stint. I guess it's time for me to finally get on with learning Vim to complete the Chad stack.
For going to a file and line, on the commmand line, specify the file, colon line. Thst can typically be copy pasted from the compiler output. And if using screen or tmux, console copy paste is 💯% keyboard ⌨️.
That's some crazy stuff going on! Hahahah... I started using vim for a month and I'm enjoying... but still use VS as main editor.. one day I'll get used to that!!
Not sold, especially on the conflict-resolution part, but I understand this is all about preference. I still think I'm more efficient solving conflicts through proper GUI like Araxis or Meld. As for git operations, having a dedicated viewer like GitKraken to simultaneously show commit message, commit files, author, log tree, etc. is much more productive and less error-prone (instant feedback for each action, as opposed to having to run another `git` command to check the results.
Over the past 3 months you’ve inspired me to switch from vscode to nvim. I feel 3x faster. Just in time for ai to take my job 💀
You feel 3x faster or you are 3x faster
I just use Dance extension in vscode and create my own mappings
I've done the opposite this week, to me copilot support is better in vscode so far and compensates for the relative slowness of vscode.
Copilot works in nvim
@@Danielo515 it does, but works better in vscode imo. I'll keep testing though.
This is actually the best vim video I've seen you make by far.
Really loved it.
Would like to see the i3+tmux combo as well
I'm redefining my entire workflow based on i3, tmux, ubuntu, and neovim. A lot to learn, but I can see the power right away.
@@jasonconsiglio5256 try hyprland (or sway) instead of i3
@@yavko why?
@@ycaro002 Wayland is superior to X in a lot of ways, but just try it and you'll see. You get a strangers guarantee on the internet so its bound to be worth it right?
@@yavko I tried Xmonad once, and I was an i3 config junkie before that. But honestly I found the default i3 to be very great lately. I don’t bother much with configurations and just focus on productive work.
Thank you! I've been using Jetbrains for probably a decade already, and your videos convinced me to learn neovim. It's really not as hard as it seems, I'm on day 2 of using neovim exclusively and already good enough to not get lost.
And holy shit, just exploring all the vim commands and figuring out how to combine them... when I experiment with something a little bit more complex, wondering "will this actually work?" and it ends up doing exactly what I wanted, that really gives such nice dopamine hit like no other software I've ever worked with.
"i use dvorak" DUDE IS THE PERFECT CHADSTACK 😭😭😭
kick docker out and get dvorak in!
btw
He uses programmer dvorak i think
but is he using dvorak in the video? I'm a beginner in dvorak, writing this took me a while xd
@@astago2966 most likely, but you can't be 100% sure cause he doesn't show his fingers. Also, as a dvorak typist, i dont recommend stopping typing in qwerty. Use both layouts, because if you use someone elses computer itd be a nightmare
This is the third time I'm watching this video and I'm just in awe at how much I can now understand after getting into neovim, THANK YOU so much for those tutorials, you're are GREAT PRIME! Never stop teaching!
Nice to see ThePrimeTime posting on his secondary channel every once in a while ;)
gotem
Yes, I am also glad to see him finally giving his second channel some love.
ThePrimeTime channel got some very good videos and they are so much better than those clickbait videos
Guys I just figured out that pressing "I" lets you type things.
I'm not lying it worked a minute ago.
now try exit vim
Real talk why? I remapped my navigation ijkl to be up/left/down/right, and h is insert. I get that i stands for insert but it's more natural to me my way
@@mixed_nutsbasic nav on the home row is nice
@@mixed_nuts could you please send a snippet showing how you did it ? i would like to try this as well
@@mixed_nuts The general idea is that JK, as your two strongest home-row keys (for the right hand) form a sort of action pair (in this case, up/down). Then, HL form another pair (left/right) around that. As a bonus, this avoids occupying your pinky, since it's comparatively weak.
If an arrow-key arrangement makes more sense, go for it, but be prepared for confused glances from other vimmers :)
Please make that total walkthrough you mentioned in this video of how to be a productive beast of a programmer using the tools you do. I am 21, new to the real side of programming and web dev. Thank you for your videos they have been enlightening me to the world of programming like no other channel has.
You've switched me to a rose-pine color theme and helped me a lot in getting started with vim. I've never had more fun navigating using vim motions. It's so fricking cool. Thank you!
Mygod so perfect timing. Just finished you 0 to lsp. You are a blessing
yayayayaya
Would be curious to see your debugging workflow, if anyone else has interest in that sort of thing. It definitely seems like a pain point in the setup/usage of vim/neovim, and it's usually the thing I find myself reverting to an IDE for.
Yep this
check these out - vimspector, nvim-dap
Debugging is an anti-pattern :) Write better code
@Igor Roztropiński the debugger is an invaluable tool. Sure you can get by without it, I did for years, and you can definitely "write better code" to avoid using it excessively as a crutch, but the ability to drop right into the runtime, inspect the scope, run arbitrary code, etc, can be a massive time saver
@@IgorRoztr you certainly have no experience dealing with other people code
I don't use Vim or intend to, but cannot stop watching him using it - it is too satisfying
become the satisfaction yourself :)
This is the only channel that I have to listen on 0.75 speed.
And (slap) we need more videos
I'm just commenting to please the algorithm because more people should be using vim
There's some really great navigation stuff in this video. I would love to get this fast some day. I'm working my way into using Neovim as my daily driver, but so far I can only really use it effectively when editing single files. I use vim keybindings on VSCode, because I understand how the files and navigation and stuff works, and all that stuff, but I would love to learn more about how buffers, windows, tabs, etc. work in Neovim. As of now I just end up feeling so claustrophobic with multiple files or an integrated terminal as I often just lose track of them or forget the shortcuts to navigate around/manage windows/buffers.
That was fun. I have been using LazyVim for some weeks now and I am getting a similarly nice and flowing experience. I just need to add harpoon to the mix, sorry about that omission!
it hurts, but at least you recognize :)
@@IgorGuerrero you could also use file marks mM would mark a location in a file and 'M would take you to that location in that file. (You can use any capital letter to mark a location e.g. mA 'A would also work)
@@IgorGuerrero Thanks, I used that already, it was a bit distracting because there are lots of jump targets in th e whichkey display, not just the ones I intentionally set.
@@j1d7s There's also `Telescope marks`
You make this look so simple!!
thats what years of practice looks like baby
Also these vim videos have so much rewatch value. I mean, I’m probably gonna play this over and over and pausing tip by tip until I get it all committed in my memory
Excellent video. You are a skilled programmer that is for sure. You blaze through things so fast. I realize that vim is the only tool for you because of your focus on doing something.
amazing video!! would love a "how to use your terminal" with your transitions between command line, project in neovim and neovim config
I literally configured nvim 3 hours ago and you post next tutorial, you're a saint man!
I also use Dvorak, a split keyboard, and neovim... Does that mean that I just need to learn rust? Am I just one step away from being a real CHAD?
Thanks world that these guys are exist and pushing us to use amazing tools like VIM. This video did my boring Monday
I literally watched neovim setup video yesterday. This is perfectly timed.
I'd love to see different configurations and workflows, this was really inspiring and awesome to see the different tools being used
Holy fuck I was scratching my head when you set the bindings for Harpoon in the neovim video and NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE.
yayayaya! DVORAK BABE
truly need more of this. Something like advanced usage of vim-fugitive
Thank you for inspiring youths to use vim, linux, i3, tmux, Rust, ergonomics keyboard and dvorak.
The part of solving conflict is so neat. thanks!
fugitive is amazing
I am really inspired by your videos and moved completely to vim and just love it. Thanks for all this amazing content.
Appreciate this (almost as much as your chat with casey) - learning vim at the moment so videos like this are really helpful in understanding how the pieces fit together.
Just recently switched from VSC to Neovim, so it would be great to get more helpful videos like this one 👍🏼
You are definitely a Grand Master of the Dark Arts. You show off vim in all its glory. I hope some day to be at least 5% as efficient as you.
This reminds me of watching a star craft 2 pro explain all the hot key mappings lol
You should make a video on dvorak, why did you decide to make the switch, why did you choose dvorak over other """newer""" and """better""" layouts, how hard was the transition and how long did it take you to get back to full speed typing!
He talks about on stream that in hindsight he'd remap the special characters instead of using Dvorak.
It took me only a month to switch cold turkey to get back to my qwerty speed.
A custom layout is probably ideal. Dvorak is a bit too right hand heavy imho
QWERTY is the best layout. Other layouts are just overrated.
Thanks!
Yes the vim vid I needed! I was using your config and some of these stuff I would’ve never known or figured out how to do on my own. Thanks 🙏
Since I've gotten into:
- NeoVim (Harpoon, Telescope, Lsp, etc...)
- Tmux-Sessionizer
- Rust
You made my life better.
Wait, Tmux-sessionizer ?
LETS GO THEPRIMEAGEN BACK WITH THE BEST CONTENT!! VIM!
yaya
Thank you! I just learned the 'gd' thing with the lsp from this and it had made my life much better.
Watched half of video with pause / double checking your workflow 😀. Thanks for sharing it.
Now I know what Towlie felt like, I have no idea what's going on. Love it!
This is great. Would love to see more about your i3, tmux and git worktree workflows
He only uses i3 to assign each window a number which is kind of dumb since you can configure that directly in system settings in Mac or Linux lol
Awesome video! Finally! Please give us more of those!!
Yes…that’s the stuff. Please keep digging deeper into the vim workflow. Simply amazing. Let’s go!1
Finally watched this, picked up so many things, great video!!
this was super super awesome man. I really want to know everything like everything about your workflow. Like hell yeah I want to see your combo 💯
Thanks for the demo. Very inspiring! You made me switching from Vim to NeoVim, good sir. I'm also a dvorak typist so your keybindings were perfect (esp. Harpoon). I've also used Lazy as my plugin manager (works the same except "nvim " only loads Netrw and the colorscheme).
Best video on Neovim I've seen up until now... by far.
you inspired me to switch me to NEOVIM sir ..bow down to you ..thanks for boosting my prodcutivity ..I'm loving it ,....using since 5 months !
I've recently started using markers (m to make marker, ' or ` to jump to marker) and they're rather convenient but something you wouldn't start using unless you consciously thought about it at first.
I come from Emacs-land, and really liked emacs' registers. Learning about vim markers allowed me to stay in the same navigation patterns that I'm used to, but with vim that uses less than half the RAM.
This is peak chad, love the vim videos
always will be
OMG I used to us vi for everything 30yrs ago, I was doing some python using vim recently and it was taking me so long I went to vscode...but you have led me back to the light😃.
Any consideration for the underrated F.A.R.T (Flask, AWS, React, Tailwind) stack?
I'm more of a VAG (Vue, AWS, Go) stack kinda guy
@@seaweedglob golang aws next tailwind
@@seaweedglob trust me react i better than vue
omg, he's back with the VIM!
you know its going to happen
I started using nvim after I watched your setup video,. Today I needed to resolve some git conflicts, and I wasn't sure how to do it using fugitive and had to open vscode (*spit*) for that. Anyway, the timing of this was perfect haha. Thank you for sharing the nvim wisdom.
wich is Cleary! . . is The Most Complex way to edit text!! 👌💯
I recently switched to vim because of you, much appreciated boss 🙏
Turns out creating your own config really isn't that difficult
Wait does it have syntax highlighting?
@@zappist751 yup it does!
Prime I didn't know the fugitive is so AWESOME I'm using other plugin but many time I'm lost to resolve merge conflicts, every time had been nightmare! After today I will mastered vim fugitive and BIG THANKS!!
It's one of my favorite features is the conflict resolution
I hope you have a good one. Dalton
Nice, Prime. I remember watching Ryan Florence vim his way around during a React talk and thinking I need to up my game. This vid is inspiring. Challenge accepted.
all these keyboard shortcuts take precious real estate in my brain, I am afraid I will hit my head one day and just stare at vim afterwards
May the algorithm bless and keep you
God, it's the sequel we've been waiting for
Gotta say this is a very underrated channel.
Thanks a lot for the overview. If you’re still considering it, I’d also love to see a video on your tmux, etc config and workflow.
Awesome job Prime! Any time I need to slow the video down to 50% and watch it five times to get all the juice out I know I'm onto something good!
I use ci" all the time, but only now realize it will find the first occurrence on the line. I was typing f"ci" like a sucker...
Thank you!
Once you get that, it's so good
As a chronic saver, you should map w (or similar) to :w ...
Entertainment and educational values are truly at pinnacle.
You just gave me some great ideas to improve my git workflow. Great video!
I started learning how to be a programmer recently. I've installed Ubuntu and read some very basic introductory book about it. I bound some applications to the F keys which is already so much better than using your mouse or alt-tab on windows. Currently I'm learning vim from a book. I can see the power of all the different editing commands.
I'd be very much interested in a video about all of those other productivity tools you mentioned.
That's called procrastination. You can program in freaking notepad, when you get actual job you will see that 90% of time is not spend on writing text but thinking
Prime you do a lot for nvim community, thank you!
yayayayaya
Been using neovim since your step by step guide. I appreciate it mr. PrimeTime. Yes I might or might not be intentionally mispronouncing your name. Edit: Learned a lot of stuff, good shit!
What a great video, the git part was amazing, keep the good work man!
Mate this video is so fucking good. I've used vim to edit config files in Linux but I've only developed at work and thats usual visual studio. You've just convinced me to configure nvim myself and switch over to it
Insane how good prime has gotten at talking while vimming since this channel started :)
hah, get out of here :)
Please do a video on vim for Dvorak users. What key bindings do you recommend changing vs not changing? Either because it is more fundamental and pervasive, or not easy to set up on a system that you are visiting briefly and need to use base vim. You may not get very many views and likes, but you know that the ones that you get from us fellow Dvorak typists will be heartfelt!
@ThePrimeagen please also do a video on your keyboard choice - you seem to be using a kinesis - and how you place it for optimum ergonomics. What are your thoughts on the upcoming dygma defy - esp. for dvorak typists.
Oh my, I’m already pumped up for that Prime React video coming where Prime reacts to Prime neovimming in 2023.
4:17 So CHAD, has Dvorak improved your typing speed!
This video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This really shows that vim is not black magic. Your key combinations are nothing crazy. Pretty basic stuff. You're just thinking FAAAAST.
I started experimenting with Neovim like 2 days ago and aside from the git tool I was pretty familiar with all of your commands. I understand them, but my brain can't process it so fast just yet...
I learned vim 3 years ago. I spent about a month and was getting quite comfortable with it. Then life happened I kind of spent a long time away from PC and now I just realized that not only have I forgotten everything. I don't even remember the fooking basics and I used to have custom keybinds ;_;
I need a summary of those shortcuts, really handy!
I love your passin and start a own vim series here. I want to learn!!!
Can you make a video about why you use dvorak and what it's like switching over in terms of vim and your whole experience? Also why don't you use emacs with evil-mode?
I switched to Helix at the end of 22 and surprisingly haven't even been that bothered about the lack of plugin support.
Yup same here! New update just dropped and it's looking pretty good 👍
I like the My Name is Earl voice over delivery in this video
To move that fast between windows I use Sway windows manager. Top notch video !
Great video! I've yet to break away from jetbrains for merge conflict resolution, but that was a cool workflow.
Lol of course you're also a Dvorak user 🤣
I learned Dvorak back in 2015 during high school summer vacation; I learned Rust in 2020 during covid shutdown and my freelancing stint. I guess it's time for me to finally get on with learning Vim to complete the Chad stack.
At that rate you'll be on Arch by the end of the year 😂
@@NathanHedglin Oh sorry, already am since 2021. Forgot to mention that 🤓
For going to a file and line, on the commmand line, specify the file, colon line. Thst can typically be copy pasted from the compiler output.
And if using screen or tmux, console copy paste is 💯% keyboard ⌨️.
Yes please, you;re doing some awesome stuffs man.
We will we will rock vim
Thanks Freddie
Good one buddy
love your personality in videos
Honestly I enjoy prime's videos so much I just like them :)) he's good at both entertaining and coding.
That's some crazy stuff going on! Hahahah... I started using vim for a month and I'm enjoying... but still use VS as main editor.. one day I'll get used to that!!
the channel is alive! 🎉
This video has so much energy!
I have no ideas any of the words you are saying. But it's so disorientingly fun
Woah! using * to jump between the highlighted word in a file is a game changer.
Not sold, especially on the conflict-resolution part, but I understand this is all about preference.
I still think I'm more efficient solving conflicts through proper GUI like Araxis or Meld.
As for git operations, having a dedicated viewer like GitKraken to simultaneously show commit message, commit files, author, log tree, etc. is much more productive and less error-prone (instant feedback for each action, as opposed to having to run another `git` command to check the results.