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💻 Learn how to use the Vim (or Helix!) text editor to write/edit code *much* faster and get more done in less time! ⏳❤️ ✅
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File type glyphs/icons ? #16

Closed nelsonic closed 5 years ago

nelsonic commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons

I was looking into this but it feels like a lot of hoops to jump through for not much benefit ... @samhstn have you used any file type icons in your vim in the past? worth trying?

nelsonic commented 5 years ago

see: https://medium.com/usevim/vim-web-development-icons-ef781acd52f2 (this could be a "sign" that it's too cool ...)

Read through https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons/wiki/FAQ-&-Troubleshooting and don't feel like I want to install a special font (random python script) just so that I can have icons ...

samhstn commented 5 years ago

I have played around with configuring icons in vim in the past - not file icons though

Personally, I don't think there's much benefit from them (that's probably just me though)

nelsonic commented 5 years ago

Yeah, my only reasoning for having them was to find files faster by visually recognising the icons. But I don't think they will make me a better programmer or improve the quality of my code. So not going to add them. 👍