[Tutor] Is there a programmatic use for keys() and values()

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Mon Jun 17 01:39:40 CEST 2013


On 17/06/13 00:12, Jim Mooney wrote:
>> There is also an active community writing third-party plugins for Vim
>> and this is probably where the bulk of significant new features are
>> developed.
>
> So as Dr. Frankenstein exclaimed: "It's Alive!" ;')
>
Vim as a project is very much alive but to be honest I usually advise 
not using too many of the add-ons because you then get further away from 
the original vi which is still the standard editor on any modern Unix 
box. So if you ever  have to login to some non vimified box knowing the 
original commands is very useful.

And once you get your head around them they are incredibly efficient
and consistent in how they work. I often guess at how things might work 
in vim and it just works.

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/



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