tag:Vim

Recently, I wanted to add a Neovim plugin to nixpkgs, so I can then add it to NixVim. I tried following the guide from the docs. However, I kept getting the following errors: nix-shell -p vimPluginsUpdater --run vim-plugins-updater error: … while calling the 'derivationStrict' builtin at /builtin/derivation.nix:9:12: (source not available) … while evaluating derivation 'shell' whose name attribute is located at /nix/store/whhzjfgalghpm34irclh01c0afynmyll-nixpkgs/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:300:7 … while evaluating attribute 'buildInputs' of derivation 'shell' at /nix/store/whhzjfgalghpm34irclh01c0afynmyll-nixpkgs/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:347:7: 346| depsHostHost = lib.elemAt (lib.elemAt dependencies 1) 0; 347| buildInputs = lib.elemAt (lib.elemAt dependencies 1) 1; | ^ 348| depsTargetTarget = lib.elemAt (lib.elemAt dependencies 2) 0; error: undefined variable 'vimPluginsUpdater' at «string»:1:107: 1| {...}@args: with import <nixpkgs> args; (pkgs.runCommandCC or pkgs.runCommand) "shell" { buildInputs = [ (vimPluginsUpdater) ]; } "" Or I was getting 429 network errors, too many requests to GitHub. ...

In this post, I will show you some useful and perhaps not as well-known Vim commands I use with VS Code. As per this previous post, I use this extension for Vim emulation in VS Code. My keybindings.json file. I will repeat some of the settings I showed there for posterity. Useful Commands xp: To swap two characters around i.e. ab -> ba (cursor on a) ctrl + enter: Creates a new line below and stays in NORMAL o: Will do the same but put you in insert mode ctrl + shift + enter: Creates a new line above and stays in NORMAL O: Will do the same but put you in insert mode dtx: Deletes everything up to x character dfx: Delete everything including x character yi": Yank everything between quotes " vi""+p: Replace everything between quotes with what is yanked va{Vy 1: Yank the entire function assuming the language uses braces like golang or C "_dd 2: Delete without adding to register "aY 2: Yank into named register a "ap 2: Paste from named register a %x``df( 3: Deletes surrounding function i.e. func(arg) -> arg Commands as settings To make some of these commands easier to use we can do something like: ...