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378 points Fluffyrnz | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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benjaminclauss ◴[27 Aug 25 17:14 UTC] No.45042331[source]▶
These little tutorials and games are great. I played VIM Adventures.

However, one thing I really struggle with is learning when I can be doing something more efficiently. I rarely use markers, anything beyond default registers, commands, and so on.

I'm giving Neovim a try for my systems course trying to get better but I do wish these sorts of games pushed me to get better at these more advanced usage tricks.

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soperj ◴[27 Aug 25 17:54 UTC] No.45042781[source]▶
Oh man, I use markers all the time. ma y'a

mark a spot, then yank or delete everything to that line. Way easier to do it accurately rather than 13yy or however many lines you're yanking.

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1. asimovDev ◴[28 Aug 25 11:11 UTC] No.45050754[source]▶
I feel so damn stupid for counting the lines with my eyes before yanking after reading this. As a staunch believer in markers, this is eye opening. I was using them just to jump between functions most of the time. This is very useful