VIM settings to write more efficiently

thiemster · 01-18-2010, 09:38 AM

I really enjoy using VIM to write python, but I recently tried to use it to write some essays for school. Are there any configurations that I could change in order to make writing longer essays easier using VIM? For instance, a way to be able to just jump one line (on the computer screen) down when I press the K key instead of jumping to the next paragraph?

Thank you

chrism01 · 01-18-2010, 10:17 PM

You can get the full vim manual here http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/. Should be installed on your system along with the executable eg /usr/share/vim/vim62/doc

thiemster · 01-18-2010, 10:22 PM

Thank you Chris. I think I found what I was looking for, though, in another application (or more like 10 or 20 other applications.) I guess I was looking for more of a full-screen writer similar to WriteRoom (I'm using Focused for Adobe AIR and it's great.) But thank you anyway.

ozanbaba · 01-19-2010, 04:11 PM

my guess is that that paragraphs are actually one line.

thiemster · 01-19-2010, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozanbaba

my guess is that that paragraphs are actually one line.

I know they're one line, but is there any way to move upwards visually (perhaps in visual mode?) even though they are one line?

ozanbaba · 01-19-2010, 04:26 PM

it should bi visual mode. vim does not like word processing, it like coding.