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diff --git a/content/posts/2024-06-02-vim-books.md b/content/posts/2024-06-02-vim-books.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cf8d69 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2024-06-02-vim-books.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +slug: vim-books +title: "Vim Books" +date: "2024-06-02T10:00:00-04:00" +--- + +While perusing [Vim scripts][], I noticed that there are several [Vim +books][]. Even though I have been using [Vim][] for over 20 years a +couple of them piqued my interest: + +- [Practical Vim][] +- [Modern Vim][] + +As of this writing I'm about 300 pages into [Practical Vim][] and it's +great. I have even learned a few things; for example, I did not +know about [the `\v` "very magic" prefix for patterns][very-magic]. + +If you buy the books from [the publisher][pragprog] you can download the +[eBooks][] as [DRM][]-free [PDF][], [EPUB][], and MOBI files. I read +the [PDFs][pdf] on my desktop and the [EPUBs][epub] in the [Kindle +app][] on my phone (imported via [Send to Kindle][]). + +[pragprog]: https://pragprog.com/ + "The Pragmatic Bookshelf" +[drm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management + "Digital Rights Management" +[pdf]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF + "Portable Document Format (PDF)" +[epub]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB + "e-book file format" +[ebooks]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook + "electronic book" +[vim]: https://www.vim.org/ + "Vi-improved text editor" +[very-magic]: https://vimhelp.org/pattern.txt.html#%2Fmagic + "Documentation for magic settings in Vim, including the \\v \"very magic\" prefix." +[kindle app]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Kindle_applications + "Kindle application" +[send to kindle]: https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle + "Send to Kindle" +[practical vim]: https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edition/ + "Practical Vim, Second Edition" +[modern vim]: https://pragprog.com/titles/modvim/modern-vim/ + "Modern Vim" +[vim books]: https://iccf-holland.org/vim_books.html + "Vim books" +[vim scripts]: https://www.vim.org/scripts/ + "Scripts for Vim" |