On this special edition of The Changelog, we tell Vim’s story from the mouths of its users. Julia Evans, Drew Neil, Suz Hinton, and Gary Bernhardt join Jerod Santo for a deep and wide-ranging discussion about “the best text editor that anyone ever wrote.”

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Featuring:

• Julia Evans – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Drew Neil – Website, GitHub, X
• Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Gary Bernhardt – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Companion “Vim with me” videos

• Vim with me: Suz Hinton
• Vim with me: Julia Evans
• Vim with me: Gary Bernhardt

Vim configs

• Julia’s dotfiles
• Suz’s dotfiles
• Gary’s dotfiles
• Drew’s dotfiles
• Jerod’s dotfiles

Links from Julia

• vimwiki
• basic.vim from The Ultimate vimrc

Links from Drew

• vim-exchange
• vim-textobj-user
• vim-commentary
• vim-surround

Links from Suz

• vim-twitch-line-sign
• nerdtree
• vim-airline
• git-gutter

Links from Gary

• Wat