Vim Motions

One of the more frequent admonishments delivered on #vim to the whining novice or the curious journeyman is to master the many motions within the editor. Previously, a bewildering list of punctuation and jumbled letters was unceremoniously dumped on the complainant with the misguided expectation that they'd then take themselves off and get right to the task of memorising the eighty odd glyphs. We mistook their silence for compliance but I rather suspect it was more bewilderment or repulsion or sheer paralysis. In an attempt to friendly that mess up, I have started an infographic series intended to cover the twelve major categories, probably spread over six separate infographics.

The Vim Motions Infographic Series (in 9 parts):

1. Line & Buffer
2. Column
3. Word
4. Find
5. Search
6. Large Objects
7. Marks, Matches & Folds
8. Text Objects (not motions, but mesh nicely at this point)
9. Creating your own Text Objects

I plan to have a different expression on the chibi's face in each of the pages. I'll move the crying one from the Large Object page (as shown below) to page 1 and then progressively improve her mood through the remaining pages: something like -- crying, disappointment, resignation, hope, amazement, happiness, confidence, smugness and something devilish. As an update on that, I have inked five of the chibis now. I look forward to having them all up in their own infographics.

I decided to have the background colour change to suit the mood of the chibi, starting from black in image number one to represent depression and despair. I will roughly follow the same colour spread I used on the How Do I Feel graphic.

I have no experience in putting together a multi-page piece like this. Feedback certainly welcome. I was vaguely thinking of having it a bit like a magazine or comic book spread, but I don't know how to do that or whether it's the right or even a good approach.


Legend:
Green indicates cursor origin before issuing the motion.
Red indicates cursor destination at the end of the motion.
Orange shows the area covered by the motion. This would be the same area highlighted in Vim if a visual operator was used with these motions.

1. Line & Buffer Motions

2. Column Motions

 
6. Large Object Motions

Vim's Pipes

Dvoraking

Vim and Vigor #15 - Dvoraking

Pacifying Vimmers

Vim and Vigor cartoon number 14 : Vimple - Pacifying Vimmers
:-)

https://github.com/dahu/vimple

The Buffalo

I prefer flying over cycling, and now The Buffalo does that even faster.

The Vim Ranger

Meet the Vim Ranger...

Visiting Vim's Vertical Bar

My second Vim infographic(ish) - Vim's use of the Vertical Bar.

The Rap on Vim's Registers

My first attempt at two things. Firstly, this is my first infographic (and yes, I know, it violates quite a few of the so-called rules. Meh. It's my first! Woo hoo!) Secondly, this is the first time I've tried to explain Vim's World of Registers, and... it's complicated.

Update: I added some clarity behind the unnamed register and how the numbered registers are populated/shuffled.

Update: I fixed a typo with the <c-r>0 in the Grief Counseling section and changed the recommended solution to the Deleting problem to use a visual selection.

Nancy Can Dance

#vim's Wolly loves Nancy. It's always Nancy this and Nancy that. Nancy can sing! Nancy can dance... but Wolly, Nancy can't use vim. :-p

Vim is More Fun

I woke up one morning thinking how much more fun Vim was than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick. At least, that's how some people view the venerable editor. So... the Vim is More Fun series of Vim and Vigor cartoons was born. I will stop at these three for now:

Vim & Vigor 5: Vim is More Fun 1 
Vim & Vigor 6: Vim is More Fun 2 
Vim & Vigor 7: Vim is More Fun 3 

 Is Vim. Is Fun.