This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
can get something out of it, then all the better!
Great stuff Derek. One thing I do find difficult is catching what
commands you used. How about adding a transparent history on the right
side of everything you type.
> This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> can get something out of it, then all the better!
> Great stuff Derek. One thing I do find difficult is catching what commands
> you used. How about adding a transparent history on the right side of
> everything you type.
Thanks Bastiaan. Someone suggested the same thing as a comment on one of
the videos so I used KeyCastr on the latest one. Does that one help you
out? Someone commented on it and noted that I used 'rT' and 'rF' when '~'
would have been better so it's had some positive impact at least. Let me
know what you think.
If I get brain-lock later I might redo a couple of the basic-editing videos
to since those ones probably need it the most.
> This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> can get something out of it, then all the better!
> This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> can get something out of it, then all the better!
Derek,
wow, really impressive… thanks a lot, great work.
I have a request, well, a pair actually, may I? :)
1) could you, please, speak a little bit s l o w l y? I am sorry, I am
not english mother language so I have some difficulties in
understanding spoken english. Of course, I think I am not the only one
(that's why a lot of transcripts in these kind of screencasts, but, I
know, that would be too much… :) )
2) could you use a program to show keys you use for commands? There
are a lot of them out there, but it would help a lot to understand
keys sequence while using MacVim
Thanks again, they are so useful even just watching at them.
On Aug 17, 10:44 am, Pento <naplan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> > found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> > can get something out of it, then all the better!
(Quoted email is below. This is a limitation of the BlackBerry)
Starting with the "Destruction is Good" screencast, I've started using KeyCastr to show the keys I'm hitting. Does that work for you to help in seeing what I'm doing?
I will definitely try to start speaking more slowly :). I always worry that I'm taking too long so I tend to speak quickly - I'll try and fix that.
I'm going to do a few more basic editing videos soon once I'm happy with the KeyCastr stuff as not seeing those keys is probably a big barrier to the less-initiated.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:43:40 To: vim_use<vim_use@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Vim Tutorial Screencasts
Derek,
wow, really impressive… thanks a lot, great work.
I have a request, well, a pair actually, may I? :)
1) could you, please, speak a little bit s l o w l y? I am sorry, I am
not english mother language so I have some difficulties in
understanding spoken english. Of course, I think I am not the only one
(that's why a lot of transcripts in these kind of screencasts, but, I
know, that would be too much… :) )
2) could you use a program to show keys you use for commands? There
are a lot of them out there, but it would help a lot to understand
keys sequence while using MacVim
Thanks again, they are so useful even just watching at them.
On Aug 17, 10:44 am, Pento <naplan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Derek, it's very interesting.
> I will post to my blog about vim link to your screencasts =)
> On Aug 16, 1:32 am, Derek Wyatt <ewipla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> > found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> > can get something out of it, then all the better!
Derek,
thanks so much. Really better with KeyCastr! Just a tip, wait the time
it disappear before to type the following commands, it will also help
you to speak slowly.
Once again thanks for trying to help us with my requests. :)
> (Quoted email is below. This is a limitation of the BlackBerry)
> Starting with the "Destruction is Good" screencast, I've started using KeyCastr to show the keys I'm hitting. Does that work for you to help in seeing what I'm doing?
> I will definitely try to start speaking more slowly :). I always worry that I'm taking too long so I tend to speak quickly - I'll try and fix that.
> I'm going to do a few more basic editing videos soon once I'm happy with the KeyCastr stuff as not seeing those keys is probably a big barrier to the less-initiated.
> Cheers,
> Derek
> Entered using opposable digits on my BlackBerry.
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:43:40
> To: vim_use<vim_use@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Re: Vim Tutorial Screencasts
> Derek,
> wow, really impressive… thanks a lot, great work.
> I have a request, well, a pair actually, may I? :)
> 1) could you, please, speak a little bit s l o w l y? I am sorry, I am
> not english mother language so I have some difficulties in
> understanding spoken english. Of course, I think I am not the only one
> (that's why a lot of transcripts in these kind of screencasts, but, I
> know, that would be too much… :) )
> 2) could you use a program to show keys you use for commands? There
> are a lot of them out there, but it would help a lot to understand
> keys sequence while using MacVim
> Thanks again, they are so useful even just watching at them.
> On Aug 17, 10:44 am, Pento <naplan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Derek, it's very interesting.
> > I will post to my blog about vim link to your screencasts =)
> > On Aug 16, 1:32 am, Derek Wyatt <ewipla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> > > found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> > > can get something out of it, then all the better!
> This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've
> found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people
> can get something out of it, then all the better!
I haven't looked at more than a few minutes of a few of these, but
they look pretty good. Nice work! They all seem to be found in
http://vimeo.com/tag:vim (though there is some garbage there as well).
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Ben Fritz <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't looked at more than a few minutes of a few of these, but > they look pretty good. Nice work! They all seem to be found in > http://vimeo.com/tag:vim (though there is some garbage there as well).
> This has been a bit of an experiment over the last few months and I've > found that I enjoy doing them, so it works for me. If other people > can get something out of it, then all the better!
These look good Derek.
In addition to the other comments on how you might improve your videos can I suggest you create another video which precedes all the other videos.
This one should show you how to setup your .vimrc file and what entries you put in it. For example, setting nocompatible (simply by having a .vimrc), what wildmode you have used and so on.
A stock Vim does not have the features enabled you have shown in your videos, this might mislead people trying to get value from them.
So, a quick video, or link showing the salient features within it that you using would be a terrific leg up.
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM, David Fishburn <dfishburn....@gmail.com>wrote:
> In addition to the other comments on how you might improve your videos > can I suggest you create another video which precedes all the other > videos.
> This one should show you how to setup your .vimrc file and what > entries you put in it. > For example, setting nocompatible (simply by having a .vimrc), what > wildmode you have used and so on.
> A stock Vim does not have the features enabled you have shown in your > videos, this might mislead people trying to get value from them.
> So, a quick video, or link showing the salient features within it that > you using would be a terrific leg up.
That's a fantastic idea. Thanks Dave. I'll pop that one up the very near future. I want to do the last in the three part series on basic movement and then I'll toss up some stuff on the vimrc.
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