Vim Techniques 14 - Executing vim commands at command line before editing the file

Executing vim commands at the command line stage even before editing the file gives much of flexibility as well as offers a streamlined workflow. Not to mention if we combine this with bash alias & function in our ~/.bash_aliases , things can go wild and become faster.

This involves vim's command line's flags like "-c", "--cmd", and possible even with "+{command}".

This video will refer back to techniques I already covered in the past videos, so be alerted while watching this video as I linked-in them along the way.

3 examples + integration with bash_aliases are present + wrapping things up.

Any questions, suggestions, or comments, please feel free to add your comment below!

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This video captured on native Ubuntu 20.04.

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0:00 Introduction
1:01 1st Example - jumping to target symbol
4:47 Use "-c" flag
5:29 Use "--cmd" flag
5:33 Difference between "-c" and "--cmd"
7:10 2nd Example - forcing syntax on file
10:43 3rd Example - :)
11:59 Further fasten the workflow with bash's alias & function
13:00 bash_aliases setup - viewdiff
14:24 bash_aliases setup - viewcpp
14:40 bash_aliases setup - vimsmile
15:24 bash_aliases setup - vimts
16:18 wrap-up (included limitation)

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Sorry I messed up my camera resolution, next time will go back to normal :D

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