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This is the most recent book about Vim.
Kim Schulz is the author.
This book was written after Vim 7.2 was released, thus it includes all the new
features, such as spell checking and omni-completion. If you want to read
about the latest features there is no other Vim book to chose from.
This book is task oriented. It contains sections on various things you would
want to use Vim for. Some are short, such as the section about line numbers.
Some are quite long, such as the section on script structure. Basically Kim
puts the things together that you need to know to get something done, and
doesn't try to explain every detail (you can find that in the online help).
The book is aimed at people who use Vim for a little while and know the
basics. You can use the tasks to make your editing more efficient and learn
about all the important features that Vim offers.
The publisher has a
sample chapter available (PDF).
One of the things that indicate the care with which this book was written, is
that every feature is marked with the version of Vim that it requires. Thus
if you read the part about spell checking you can see you need Vim 7 for this.
The publisher will give part of the turnover to help children in Uganda. See
the page on the publisher site about this.
You can find the "Hacking Vim" book at the sites below. Buying through these
links will send up to 7.5% of the sales to ICCF Holland. The money is used to
help orphans in Uganda (see the home page).
You should also be able to get the book in other (on-line) bookstores
and directly from the Hacking Vim book publisher
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