Command mode from visual mode

Why is there this string '<,>' at the beginning of the command when switching from visual mode to command mode?

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vim9noscript alternatives

i dont want to learn vim9noscript
i know a bit of vimnoscript (before v9) but there is no help pages in vim now for that as everything is converted to vim9 what are my alternatives for this problem are there any languages that compile to vimnoscript??
ive heard about interfaces are they good

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Advent Of Vim 2025
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAgc_JOvkdotxLmxRmcck2AhAF6GlbhlH&si=jDJtvwGxLrBo9kEr

https://redd.it/1pmngpx
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coc.nvim and coc-java for Vim
https://redd.it/1pmyi8u
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Vim makes even more sense in the age of AI

Just a thought for anyone considering moving to Cursor etc.

I've noticed that it's become increasingly easy to create very ad-hoc coding solutions very quickly using tools like claude code. It's now often trivial to automate parts of the development workflow. However, in order to do this you first need a fully programmable text editor, and few environments are more programmable/customizable than Vim. This has been my experience at least.

https://redd.it/1pqeamj
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auto-index files for clangd language server
https://gist.github.com/Konfekt/2d951b9e07831878b1476133c5f37b52

https://redd.it/1pqqqtp
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Why does vim show some files ending with and some without it?

https://preview.redd.it/5ataescmez8g1.png?width=2036&format=png&auto=webp&s=91972278143e0a45af6ab9c52388298bd1d7f095

I'm using vim . command to navigate through files and realized some files have the \ and some don't, any idea why?

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If you're using a minimalist vim, what does your vimrc look like?

* Are there plugins for something that vim can't do by itself, but you could not live without?
* Do you use LSP? Completions, auto-indentation, live-linting?
* Which options have you set and with which values?
* Have you setup an alias for starting vim with options?
* Do you use vim for tasks other than code and config editing?
* If so, do you use any specific options or plugins for those other tasks?
* Are you using a theme that barely anyone else seems to be using or even your own?

How are you making your minimalist vim setup work for you?

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Unicode Headers for Markdown

https://github.com/Voltron369/markdown-headers.vim

default:

H1: ＦＵＬＬＷＩＤＴＨ，　ＡＬＬ　ＣＡＰＳ
H2: Ｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈ，　ｎｏｒｍａｌ　ｃａｓｅ
H3: 𝔻𝕆𝕌𝔹𝕃𝔼𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕌ℂ𝕂, 𝔸𝕃𝕃 ℂ𝔸ℙ𝕊
H4: 𝔻𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕜, 𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖
H5: NORMAL FONT, ALL CAPS
H6: Normal font, normal case

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Advent Of Vim Day 25 - How To Quit Vim
https://youtu.be/w58XDY06UkE?si=Z9rcm8D4ljlwhyi7

https://redd.it/1pvac11
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Use a visual/operator mapping to check any Python code snippet for errors on the fly without further set-up
https://gist.github.com/Konfekt/f26f3759c857b683a9a9e27a6915bc9e

https://redd.it/1pvj92m
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Why do no "VIM YouTubers" ever actually use VIM?

So stop me if you've heard this one. Imagine one of those distro-tube-alike youtube channels, medium bloggers or you name it: who keeps going on about how VIM revolutionized their workflow and made them way more productive.

Now why is it that whenever they stream or have to do actual any real writing - like I don't know editing a YouTube noscript or some docs - they never actually use Vim? They're always switching to Obsidian or honest to God freaking LibreOffice.

These guys are only using Vim for coding, but they don't even do any coding. So they're only using it for copy-pasting strings into their dot files.

Now it might seem petty to worry about what hype influencers in the linux community are doing or not doing.

But these guys are basically setting a direction for a generation of new Linux and OSS users. But they're not recommending software or workflows that they have any real experience in. So at best, it's mildly annoying and at worst, it makes potential new users drop off.

https://redd.it/1pwuhz7
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Vim is composable
https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#vim-is-composable

https://redd.it/1py2xys
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Rust indentation noscript issue

https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/18974

Basically the Rust indentation noscript doesn't seem to be well maintained and it's caused one noticeable issue already (from what I could find).

I've opened an issue on github and the noscript seems to be pretty hard to get right, a fix was attempted but it caused more issues than it solved so it got reverted.

If anyone here knows VimScript and would be willing to fix the noscript that'd be pretty cool (I'd learn VimScript and do it myself if I didn't have college exams coming up).

Thanks :)

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