A Quickstart guide to setting up Vim for blogging

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • goyo.vim

    :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

  • For the centered editing and focus mode, I use Goyo and Limelight. There are alternatives, but these are the ones I use.

  • limelight.vim

    :flashlight: All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players

  • For the centered editing and focus mode, I use Goyo and Limelight. There are alternatives, but these are the ones I use.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • vim-markdown

    Vim Markdown runtime files (by tpope)

  • For the syntax highlighting, I use Tim Pope's markdown runtime. Tim Pope is a magician at these things.

  • vim-pencil

    Rethinking Vim as a tool for writing

  • For grammar and spellchecking, I use many plugins. The main one is Pencil. I also use Vim Ditto, Lexical, and Wordy

  • vim-ditto

    :speak_no_evil: Stop repeating yourself

  • For grammar and spellchecking, I use many plugins. The main one is Pencil. I also use Vim Ditto, Lexical, and Wordy

  • vim-lexical

    Build on Vim’s spell/thes/dict completion

  • For grammar and spellchecking, I use many plugins. The main one is Pencil. I also use Vim Ditto, Lexical, and Wordy

  • vim-wordy

    Uncover usage problems in your writing

  • For grammar and spellchecking, I use many plugins. The main one is Pencil. I also use Vim Ditto, Lexical, and Wordy

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • auto-pairs

    Vim plugin, insert or delete brackets, parens, quotes in pair

  • I also use autopairs to get nicely autoclosed quotes.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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