How can I learn VIM workflow(besides actual VIM)

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  • vim-projectionist

    projectionist.vim: Granular project configuration

  • Lot of good answers here. fzf is certainly very handy to have. Also since, you asked about working within the context of a project, checkout Tim Pope’s vim-projections.

  • fzf.vim

    fzf :heart: vim

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  • ctrlp.vim

    Fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, etc finder.

  • Ctrl+p: A plugin to quickly jump to a file by name.

  • vim-maximizer

    Maximizes and restores the current window in Vim.

  • Sometimes you want 1 window temporarily big, vim provides :only or o but that closes the other windows in the tab. https://github.com/szw/vim-maximizer lets you toggle the maximisation.

  • vim-floaterm

    :computer: Terminal manager for (neo)vim

  • A file explorer to move in the folders is nice (I like ranger, there are some plugins for it, I like to put it in a floaterm https://github.com/voldikss/vim-floaterm . Floaterm is great for all terminal ui's by the way, like gitui)

  • vim-unimpaired

    unimpaired.vim: Pairs of handy bracket mappings

  • Having bindings to switch buffers like ]b [b you get from https://github.com/tpope/vim-unimpaired

  • vim-altr

    Vim plugin: Switch to the missing file without interaction

  • Also I like https://github.com/kana/vim-altr which defines some, and lets you define more rules to associate files with each other, like src/file.c with its include/file.h or some file with its test file, and then you can make a mapping to switch between these files (also more then 2).

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  • vim-slash

    Enhancing in-buffer search experience

  • Obviously use / and * where possible. https://github.com/junegunn/vim-slash makes this more bearable.

  • vim-sneak

    The missing motion for Vim :athletic_shoe:

  • https://github.com/justinmk/vim-sneak gives you a little better f and t motions, meaning across lines, not just in the current line. And for 2 letters if you want.

  • nvim-bqf

    Better quickfix window in Neovim, polish old quickfix window.

  • Vim already comes with decent grep search (in the current directory and below I think) which puts results in your quickfixlist and then you can navigate through your qfl with mappings from unimpaired ( [q ]q ). I like to improve this behaviour further with https://github.com/kevinhwang91/nvim-bqf (I use neovim by the way) and https://github.com/mhinz/vim-grepper

  • vim-grepper

    :space_invader: Helps you win at grep.

  • Vim already comes with decent grep search (in the current directory and below I think) which puts results in your quickfixlist and then you can navigate through your qfl with mappings from unimpaired ( [q ]q ). I like to improve this behaviour further with https://github.com/kevinhwang91/nvim-bqf (I use neovim by the way) and https://github.com/mhinz/vim-grepper

  • nvim-lspconfig

    Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

  • I can't live without a LSP any longer, neovim comes with a built-in client now. https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig Vim also has some LSP plugins I believe.

  • ctags

    A maintained ctags implementation

  • Alternative to a LSP is to use tags, https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags

  • emmet-vim

    emmet for vim: http://emmet.io/

  • https://github.com/mattn/emmet-vim seems incredible

  • vim-matchup

    vim match-up: even better % :facepunch: navigate and highlight matching words :facepunch: modern matchit and matchparen. Supports both vim and neovim + tree-sitter.

  • Also there are matchit plugins which let you jump between opening/closing tags, not just braces etc, I think https://github.com/andymass/vim-matchup does this, but maybe vim already provides this for html.

  • vim-obsession

    obsession.vim: continuously updated session files

  • A good commenter plugin eg caw, Debugger integration with eg vimspector, Repl code running with eg sniprun, autocompletion plugin like nvim-compe, a snippet plugin eg ultisnips, and tabnine (for compe) which is ai completion, Also read up on Sessions and use some Autosession plugin like https://github.com/tpope/vim-obsession,

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