Editing Text Like a Peasant in Neovim
I've noticed that I've been editing text like a peasant in Neovim, I jump around ineffectively copy what I need, then jump back where I was, so I want to try to perform remote operations using flash.nvim and making that my primary way of navigating.
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Table of contents
- YouTube video
- I want to use flash.nvim more
- Testing some remote operations
- You’re a fraud, why do you ask for money, isn’t YouTube Ads enough?
YouTube video
I want to use flash.nvim more
I’ve been noticing that I jump around ineffectively when I’m editing text. I remember the interview I did with Maria Solano and how she used flash.nvim to perform remote operations.
So I want to try to navigate my buffers that way.
Testing some remote operations
Let’s say I’m typing some text and I want to copy text that lives somewhere else:
- like this bulletpoint right here
If I want to copy that bulletpoint above and add it below, I’m going to do yrlike then <flashchar>y then hit escape, that would copy the line remotely and I just need to paste it below
- like this bulletpoint right here
I mistyped bulletpoint above, I wanna fix it, so I do crbull then <flashchar>w, type the new word, hit escape and I’ll jump back
What if I want to delete text in a remote location. I’m going to type a lorem ipsum paragraph below and then delete it
So I would do dr<any_text_in_paragraph> then <flash-char>ap
You’re a fraud, why do you ask for money, isn’t YouTube Ads enough?
- I explain all of this in the “about me page” link below:
- youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough
- Above you’ll also find links to my discord, social media, etc