Tag: linux
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VSCode Neovim setup
I recently switched over to using the vscode-neovim extension for VSCode. What wasn’t obvious though was how to get a plugin manager and plugins / vim customisations working. I’ll add here quickly my plugins setup as I’m using vim-surround, and a bunch of Tim Pope plugins: I’m on Linux / Ubuntu 22.04, with nvim installed…
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Embracing the Neovim/Vim Terminal
I’ve only finally just started using Neovim’s terminal. Vim 8 has this too of course, but it was Neovim that championed it and included it by default. I switched to Neovim about a year ago to see if there was anything missing compared to Vim. I find Neovim fascinating purely because of how faithful it…
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On the power of netbooks and laptops over Android/iOS
iOS and Android turn tablets into oversized phones, so no surprise they lose against phones – they have the same (or usually worse, at a given price point) capabilities while being larger, thus less convenient to carry and more fragile. – TeMPOraL on HN Windows did try the same as Android and iOS with Windows…
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Linux Mint Dual Boot
It’s not supposed to be this painful. I finally (9 months after first attempt) got a UEFI dual boot working. TL;DR Follow one of these: http://itsfoss.com/install-ubuntu-1404-dual-boot-mode-windows-8-81-uefi/ http://www.tweaking4all.com/os-tips-and-tricks/uefi-dual-boot-windows81-ubuntu/ I’m calling Linux Mint my lucky charm as that was the first one I got working as a Vagrant desktop and it’s worked perfectly now that I’ve sorted…
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vim commands for the Windows user
This is a cheat sheet for Windows keyboard junkies who feel as out of place in vi as I do. I got most of the vim commands from the rather useful IBM vi tutorial. dd was the only one I ever learnt (and I didn’t know that I could paste after deleting it). There’s loads…
Ian Channing 