Tutorial Details
- Plugin: EasyMotion
- Screencast Length: 3 Minutes
In this first episode of Vim Essential Plugins, we’ll be reviewing the helpful EasyMotion plugin, which allows us to be much quicker when traversing our pages.
Usage
Once installed (see video for help), the EasyMotion plugin can be triggered by using the leader character plus w. By default, this will be \w. Once this sequence is pressed, every word in your document will be replaced with a trigger-letter.
At that point, simply type the red identifier of the location you want to move your cursor, and – bam — you’re done! Be sure to also review some of the other triggers, like \ge and \k. Download it. Use it!
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This is is seriously useful for increasing your productivity when working with Vim
Great video like always!
Seriously, this is amazing! Thanks Jeffry!
I didn’t know about EasyMotion and because I’m new to Vim, I am eager to find out what’s going to be covered next. Very helpful, thank you!
This is just what I needed to start using Vim, it’s the first time I see a walkthrough on how to install Vim’s plugins.. it’s funny everyone assume you already know that.
I quick tutorial on how and what to change in the .vimrc file would appreciated too!
Keep this serie going, it’s awesome, thank you!
Yeah, I know what you mean. When you’re first getting started, that’s the hardest part. :)
hi, thanks for the tutorial!
With the help of your tutorials I switched from Dreamweaver to Vim. But something I’m really missing now: In dreamweaver I had a sidebar where I could connect to my webspace via FTP and browse through with the file tree. The best part: I could open the files (they were downloaded to a local directory on my pc), edit them, save and with a shortcut they got loaded up again, and all this in dreamweaver.
With vim, I have to save the file, open FTP software, find the directory on my webspace, and upload them manually.
Is there any way to make this easier in Vim?
Hey Ben — There’s an easier way. Are you a Mac or Windows user?
Windows and for some weeks Linux (Ubuntu).
I’d like to know this as well. Currently using coda so I need something that allows me to edit files directly on the server
hi Jeffrey Way I have learned a lot from you, man!
But I have a question very, very important
l love vim but I have a problem .. I can not write html Arabic page
I need help,,, thanks
WOW that is EASY!
I cant seem to get the plugin to work properly when I am editing an HTML document. I think it may not work because of something to do with the tags, since it works when editing other types.
Can you shed any light on this for me?