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Resurfaced independently across 7 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
8
submitters
8
observed span
2009–2022
peak thread · 26 comments
273 pts
latest 20+ return · 2012-02-25
273 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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I find that terse resources like this (and for example Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python[1]) are the best learning resources. A true goldmine. [1]: http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/han...

Man, that's intimidating. I found 2 new tricks on the top screen and I still don't want to scroll through the rest.

### These Tips are now being maintained at zzapper.co.uk/vimtips.html Probably best to use http://zzapper.co.uk/vimtips.html The blog at http://www.vimtips-blog.com/ has more

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
409

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Total comments
47

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2009-05-20Best of Vim Tipsblackman10
2010-01-07Best of Vim TipsFirst breakoutres0nat0r11720
2011-01-03Best of Vim Tipsstralep80
2012-02-25Best of Vim TipsBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnadulau27326
2012-09-05Best of Vim tipsdpaluy31
2014-02-05Best of vim tipsyashness10
2020-12-19Vim Tips compiled from 16 Years of Vi + 10 years of VimFiveplus30
2022-03-27Best of Vim Tipsgraderjs30