In this screencast, I teach how to record a useful vim macro that does a simple RSpec “refactoring”.
(You’ll want to open it on Youtube and watch in high-resolution.)
Commands used:
7G – jump to line 7
“td – delete into the t register
“tp – put from the t register
qq – start recording a macro (just a series of keystrokes) into register q
@q – execute the keystrokes stored in register q
vmap – set up a mapping active only when in visual mode
I contributed a little patch to Rails tonight, and decided to record myself as I was doing it.
The style is very informal: I just hit record and started narrating what I was doing.
If you’re looking to contribute to Rails someday, you might find it useful.
Last week I posted How to land your first patch in Rails.
The post was well-received, but one commenter asked if I might put together more-detailed steps on how to make your first docpatch. Well, I’ve done just that, and the result is the screencast below.
It’s only 4 minutes, but contains everything you need to know to get your name on the Rails Contributors list. Check it out!
Update: in the screencast, I mention that you need to message lifo for commit access to docrails. However, as Xavier noted below, docrails now has public write access for everyone, so need to perform that step.
By the way, if you liked the video, you should check out my other screencasts for Rails programmers.