Neil - Practical Vim

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Thanks to Bram Moolenaar for creating Vim and to all those who have contributed to its development. Its a timeless piece of software, and I look forward to growing with it.

Thanks to everyone at the Pragmatic Bookshelf for working together to make this book the best that it could be. Special thanks to Kay Keppler, my developmental editor, for coaching me as a writer and for helping to shape this book, despite its growing pains and my occasional tantrums. Thanks also to Katharine Dvorak, my development editor for this revised edition. Id also like to thank David Kelly for his adept handling of my unusual formatting requests.

Practical Vim didnt start out as a recipe book, but Susannah Pfalzer recognized that it would work best in this format. It was painful to have to rewrite so much, but in doing so I produced a draft that I was happy with for the first time. Susannah knows whats best, and I thank her for sharing that insight.

Thanks to Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt for creating the Pragmatic Bookshelf. I wouldnt want to be represented by any other publisher, and Im honored to be listed alongside the other titles in their catalog.

Practical Vim wouldnt have been possible without my technical reviewers. Each of you contributed something and helped to shape the book. Id like to thank Adam McCrea, Alan Gardner, Alex Kahn, Ali Alwasity, Anders Janmyr, Andrew Donaldson, Angus Neil, Charlie Tanksley, Ches Martin, Daniel Bretoi, David Morris, Denis Gorin, Elyzer Mendes Rezende, Erik St. Martin, Federico Galassi, Felix Geisendrfer, Florian Vallen, Graeme Mathieson, Hans Hasselberg, Henrik Nyh, Javier Collado, Jeff Holland, Josh Sullivan, Joshua Flanagan, Kana Natsuno, Kent Frazier, Luis Merino, Mathias Meyer, Matt Southerden, Mislav Marohnic, Mitch Guthrie, Morgan Prior, Paul Barry, Peter Aronoff, Peter Rihn, Philip Roberts, Robert Evans, Ryan Stenhouse, Steven! Ragnark, Tibor Simic, Tim Chase, Tim Pope, Tim Tyrrell, and Tobias Sailer.