“every other editor began to feel like it had a layer of padding between me and the code.”

https://caio.ca/blog/a-love-letter-to-neovim

#Vim #Neovim

A Love Letter to Neovim https://lobste.rs/s/m57z5f #editors #education #vim
https://caio.ca/blog/a-love-letter-to-neovim

Trying out #nvi-1.81.6 on #Debian as my primary editor on my work box for a bit.

At first, I was sad that I could no longer

some_command |vi

like you can with (neo)?vim, but then I realized you could just as easily

vi <(some_command)

Hmmm, the lack of line selection mode is a bummer. This might have more pain points than I was anticipating. XD

Maybe I should try #vim-tiny?

#vi experts (and #vim / #nvim #NeoVim ),

What's the difference between the 0 command and the | command?

Is it just that | can take a numeric argument?

The #Vimium extension for #Chrome has an intro video that is 13 years old: [link]. It's amazing how much Google's and Amazon's websites have changed. But not Hacker News. That one still looks exactly the same. #vim

I was invited to participate in @hyde’s terrific Over/Under series so I RIPPED off the mask and wrote about some things that aren’t #Vim for once.

If you’re interested in my thoughts when I’m not pretending to be an anthropomorphised version of Vim’s best mode you should go have a read:

https://lazybear.social/@hyde/116637857888002868

#vim/#neovim scrolling:
- top/bottom: gg/G
- page up/page down: Ctrl+B/Ctrl+F (or... PgUp/PgDn, duh!)
- scroll w/o moving cursor: Ctrl+E/Ctrl+Y
- scroll to put current line at top/middle/bottom: zt/zz/zb
- move cursor to top/middle/bottom of screen: H/M/L (note: H and L are remapped by #LazyVim)

https://andrew-mccall.com/blog/2026/05/why-sublime-text-is-worth-it-in-2026/

I renewed my Sublime Text license after using my expired one for two years. I put together a blog post which goes through the process of why I decided to renew. In the age of Microslop VS Code and VC/PEF-backed ZED, having diversity in the source code editing software world seems important to me . Ultimately it came down to the fact that it is extremely stable, it just works, and it has vim mode.

#SublimeText #Vim #TextEditor #SourceCode #Microslop #zed #vscode

I’m currently updating the #html and #php for my website. Working in #vim and live-testing my site across multiple browsers (from modern to ancient) really takes me back to the “good old days” of building web applications. This is definitely one of my #coding happy places and one I’m confident that the #LLM isn’t going to improve.

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Apache NetBeans 30 updates Maven and Ant, adds GlassFish 8.0 support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/apache-netbeans-30-updates-maven-and-ant-adds-glassfish-8-0-support/

VS Codium 1.121 Brings Packaging Fixes and Telemetry Cleanup to Your Workflow:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/vscodium-112103429-released/

Pulsar 1.132 adds new terminal package, improved Git branch switching & large file setting:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/pulsar-1-132-adds-new-terminal-package-improved-git-branch-switching-and-large-file-setting/

Vim Text Editor Lands Opt-In GTK 4 GUI Support:
https://linuxiac.com/vim-text-editor-lands-opt-in-gtk-4-gui-support/

WordPress 7.0 launches with a new admin panel, editor upgrades, and an AI integrations hub:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/wordpress-7-0-launches-with-a-new-admin-panel-editor-upgrades-and-an-ai-integrations-hub/

Godot 4.6.3 Fixes Critical Bugs:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/godot-463-released/

nginx 1.31.1 Mainline Update Fixes Critical Rewrite Buffer Overflow and Tightens HTTP Headers:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nginx-1311-released/

PHP 8.4.22 Release Candidate Fixes JIT Crashes and Memory Leaks Before Stable Launch:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/php-8422-rc1-released/

Node.js 24.16.0 LTS Update Fixes Crypto Quirks and Adds Better Debugging Tools:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nodejs-24160-lts-released/

Node.js 26.2.0 Release Brings Stream Stability, HTTP 1xx Support, and Crypto Hardening:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nodejs-2620-current-released/

Deno 2.8 adds 'audit fix', new CI workflows, and npm packaging support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/deno-2-8-adds-audit-fix--new-ci-workflows-and-npm-packaging-support/

Valkey 9.1 delivers improvements in security, performance, and more:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-9.1-Released

Video Encoding and Decoding with Vulkan Compute Shaders in FFmpeg:
https://www.khronos.org/blog/video-encoding-and-decoding-with-vulkan-compute-shaders-in-ffmpeg

OpenBSD 7.9 boosts AMD64 CPU core support, adds delayed hibernation and improves scheduler:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/openbsd-7-9-boosts-amd64-cpu-core-support-adds-delayed-hibernation-and-improves-scheduler/

FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 release candidate arrives:
https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/freebsd-15-0-rc1/

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #NetBeans #VSCodium #Pulsar #Vim #WordPress #Godot #GodotEngine #Nginx #PHP #NodeJS #Deno #Valkey #Vulkan #FFmpeg #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #BSD #Coding #Development #Dev #Programming #IDE #CodeEditor #JavaScript #CMS #ProgrammingLanguage #FosseryTech

It's time to talk about my writerdeck https://lobste.rs/s/oyzqgz #linux #vim
https://veronicaexplains.net/my-first-writerdeck/

Lisp in Vim (2019)

https://susam.net/lisp-in-vim.html

#HackerNews #Lisp #Vim #Programming #Emacs #Editor #2019

I finally switched from fzf to fzf-lua, and wow what a difference #Vim

🌘 在 Vim 中編寫 Lisp：環境建置與插件指南
➤ 實現互動式 Lisp 開發：從插件安裝到深度整合
✤ https://susam.net/lisp-in-vim.html
過去要在 Vim 中進行 Lisp 結構化開發曾是艱鉅挑戰，但隨著 Slimv 與 Vlime 這兩款插件的發展，現今已能實現如同 Emacs SLIME 環境般的互動式開發體驗。本文由作者 Susam Pal 撰寫，深入淺出地比較了兩款插件的特色，並說明如何透過 Vim 8 的原生套件管理功能，建置具備 REPL、除錯器及符號檢查等功能的 Lisp 開發環境，為 Vim 用戶提供了一套高效的 Lisp 開發解決方案。
+ 這篇文章真是及時雨！以前為了在 Vim 裡寫 Common Lisp，我繞了不少遠路，現在終於能輕鬆配置好環境了。
+ 對於資深 Vim 使用者來說，Vim 8 的原生套件管理確實簡化了許多流程。Slimv 和 Vlime 的比較分析非常客觀，對於選擇合適工具很有幫助。
#程式設計 #Vim #Lisp #編輯器工具

SOLUTION: @gumnos came up with the idea of piggy-backing :nohl onto control-l for refresh:

nmap <C-L> :nohl<CR><C-L
imap <C-L> <Esc>:nohl<CR><C-L>a

Hey #vim wizards,

The number one reason I don't use search more freely when editing is that all the highlights triggers my #CDO a little bit, and :nohl is a little clumsy to type in a hurry.

I wanted to map :nohl to an easy-to-press keybind, like ctrl-/, but I can't seem to get it to work.

Any ideas?

" map Ctrl-/ to :nohl
nmap <c-Slash> :nohl<CR>
imap <c-Slash> <Esc>:nohl<CR>a

#vi #vim #nvi #nvim #VimWizards #AskFedi #HiveMind

Use `:w !sudo tee %` to save a file that requires elevated permissions to edit, when you have forgotten to append sudo before opening it.

#linux #vim #neovim #nvim #ide #texteditor #arch #shortcuts

The Vim text editor now offers an opt-in GTK 4 GUI backend in the master branch, in addition to the existing GTK 2 and GTK 3 options.
https://linuxiac.com/vim-text-editor-lands-opt-in-gtk-4-gui-support/

#vim #opensource

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The Vim text editor now offers an opt-in GTK 4 GUI backend in the master branch, in addition to the existing GTK 2 and GTK 3 options.

haunt.nvim: Ghost text bookmarks for Neovim https://lobste.rs/s/5ghcmr #vim
https://github.com/TheNoeTrevino/haunt.nvim

🙄 Vim Merges GTK4 Toolkit Support, Co-Authored-By Claude
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK4-For-Vim

#vim #vibecoding #opensource

@Zenie @dekkzz78 so... I found your opinion on the matter strong. Especially beacause we have many more editor options nowadays (with various conveniences). For example, the trend is that 1 out of every 10 developers or reserarchers uses something like VScode rather than #emacs. I wonder if the new generations have embraced more complex editors like #vim and #emacs???