{"id":28146,"date":"2017-10-24T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28146"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:20:19","slug":"vim-after-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/24\/vim-after-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Vim after 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/24\/vim-after-15-years\/vim3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?fit=1921%2C1050&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1921,1050\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vim3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?fit=660%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28147\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3-500x273.png?resize=500%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?resize=500%2C273&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?resize=1024%2C560&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?w=1921&amp;ssl=1 1921w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vim3.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/statico.github.io\/vim3.html\">Vim after 15 years<\/a>&#8221; is yet another one of those &#8220;my Vim configuration review&#8221; posts by someone who has been using Vim for 15 years or so.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who is also a long time Vim user, I have to say it&#8217;s quite common to review your configuration once in a while and remove some outdated bits which made it into plugins and Vim core, update plugins to newer versions, and replace plugins with newer alternatives.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;Vim after 15 years&#8221; is yet another one of those &#8220;my Vim configuration review&#8221; posts by someone who has been using Vim for 15 years or so. 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