Healthy Vim customization habits
As you continue to work with Vim, you will find yourself making a lot of configuration changes. It’s important to take time to go back, reflect, and make sure your .vimrc
doesn’t become a pile of unneeded aliases, functions, and plugins.
Once in a while, take the time to go back into your .vimrc
and clean up unnecessary functions and plugins, or remove key bindings you don’t use anymore. If you don’t know what something does, you’re probably better off removing it, since you won’t get much use out of configurations you don’t understand.
It’s also helpful to take some time to read about the options you have set and plugins you have installed with the built-in :help
command—you never know what useful feature you’ll discover!
Optimizing your workflow
Everyone’s workflow is unique, and no two people use Vim the same way. It’s useful to find ways to complement...