Posts with Tag: vim
Vim Tip: How to Insert the Current Time with a Shortcut
📅 03.07.2025
When keeping a journal, logging meetings, or documenting events, an accurate timestamp is invaluable. However, manually typing the time is cumbersome and interrupts your writing flow. In this short guide, you’ll learn how to use a single, clever line…
Dual Journaling with Vimwiki: How to Separate Personal and Business Notes
📅 02.07.2025
In the previous post, we built a powerful journaling system using Vimwiki. It’s a fantastic setup, but as you use it more, a common problem emerges: professional meeting notes mix with personal reflections, and work to-dos get tangled with weekend pl…
Mastering the Vimwiki Workflow: A Guide to Links, Navigation, and Tasks
📅 02.07.2025
In previous guides, we built a robust foundation for our note-taking and journaling system with Vimwiki. But the best configuration is useless without a fluid, daily workflow. So, how exactly do you work with it now? This guide is your daily companio…
Getting Started with Vim Plugins: A Beginner's Guide to vim-plug
📅 26.06.2025
So you’ve found an exciting Vim plugin—perhaps for journaling with Vimwiki—and you’re ready to supercharge your editor. This guide will walk you through setting up vim-plug, a fast, minimalist, and incredibly popular plugin manager. Once you’ve compl…
Spell Checking in Vim: A Comprehensive Guide
📅 25.06.2025
Spell checking is an essential feature for any editor, and Vim comes with a powerful built-in solution. This guide will walk you through everything you need—from basic activation to advanced customization and keyboard-layout considerations. Changelog…
How to Keep a Structured Markdown Journal Using Vimwiki
📅 19.06.2025
Journaling has long been an effective way to reflect, track tasks, and document ideas or conversations. But if you’re a terminal-based user who enjoys the minimalism of Vim, Markdown, and data ownership — you’re in luck. In this post, you’ll learn ho…