Vim Tips - New Tab Replacement

Practical Vim Tips shown on your new tab page.

What is Vim Tips - New Tab Replacement?

'Vim Tips - New Tab Replacement' is a Chrome extension. This tool enhances your browser experience by turning every new tab you open into a Vim command learning opportunity. Instead of an empty tab, you are greeted with a helpful Vim command tip, thereby enabling ongoing learning and enhanced productivity.

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By: Alex Baldwin

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Users: 454 ▼ -15

Rating: 4.88 (16)

Version: 0.5 (Last updated: 2017-10-08)

Creation date: 2017-10-07

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

storage

Size: 85.74K

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# 42705 ▼ 735

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#27245 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 71 #87 in replace keyword 21 ▼ 5

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Extension summary

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Learn a new vim command every time you open up a new tab.

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Pros

Open source project
Tips range from very simple to somewhat complex commands
Zen style, sleek, unobtrusive design
Educational - users get better with Vim

Cons

Replays same tips
Needs more options such as 'don't show me this again' or 'novice/expert'
Lacks dark mode

Most mentioned

Need for a dark mode
Repetition of tips
Suggestions for improvement

Recent reviews

Good find. Thank you for being open source. I'll plan to send you a PR on some improvements.

Skylar Bolton, 2018-06-07

Eventually I disabled this because it was replaying the same tips. I'm hesitant to drop a star just for that, but a couple of options like "don't show me this again" or "novice/.../expert" in the page would be nice. Maybe it could just grab a random entry from the help pages? If people are interested in changes like this but the dev(s) are too busy, I might be able to help or get a few others involved. The easiest improvement would have to be: start a thread in /r/vim and ask for submissions, sort by popularity, and add them to the mix.