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rsamvit
I agree with a lot of your conclusions, but I think there is a lot of value to be found from nerdtree if you use it correctly.

I'm a super heavy Command-T user as well, but when you are working on a sufficiently large project there is just a lot of value you can gain from being able to see the file tree.

Nerdtree is also my favorite way to rename/move/copy files

orthecreedence
I also like nerdtree when I'm browsing a codebase I'm not familiar with. It's a really nice, easy way to drill down into subfolders without having to do `:e ab[tab]d[tab] ...`

It makes exploring the unfamiliar a lot easier, especially in larger projects, as you mentioned.

doctoboggan
I have not heard a good argument to why I should use nerdtree over the built in netrw. Do you have one? Honest question.
zalew
> Use Pathogen for managing them.

or Vundle

or NeoBundle

bwilliams
+1 to Vundle. It makes managing your vim plugins so much easier when it comes to updating.
jaryd
"Discover your Vim heroes and periodically check how they have set their editor up. A lot of people publish their dotfiles on GitHub."

Does this actually happen? How does one discover a "Vim hero"? If you guys have any, can you show some examples of who might be a candidate for a Vim hero please?

saidajigumi
Yes. I've learned tons from the vim setups of individuals and from some vim "distributions". A rather non-exhaustive list of examples:

Steve Losh's dotfiles: https://bitbucket.org/sjl/dotfiles/src

Drew Neil's dotfiles: https://github.com/nelstrom/dotfiles

Tim Pope's vim plugins (the vim-* repos): https://github.com/tpope

Kana Natsuno's vim plugins (the vim-* repos): https://github.com/kana

spf13-vim distro: https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim

Janus distro: https://github.com/carlhuda/janus

I don't use any of these "stock" or consider them authoritative -- I've slowly cherry-picked from these and other sources to learn about patterns, plugins, tips, etc. Each source has its biases, implicit and sometimes explicitly documented. Those biases are usually a good thing as they reflect the workflows and customization needs of the authors. I want to learn from these to better tailor my own customizations.

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Symmetry
Very good introduction to vim. I like using tabs as well as split windows, though so I do this instead with my motion shortcuts:

  map <C-J> <C-w>w
  map <C-K> <C-W>W
  map <C-H> gT
  map <C-L> gt
sebhack
I use vim for over 10 years now, I think. Every time I read an article like this about vim, I discover new stuff I didn't already know. Like commands or plugins that make my life easier. It's amazing.