Extending the Anvil: How to Customize Your Editor
From VS Code extensions to manual Vim scripts. A guide to the mechanics of editor customization.
Tools
The Art of Narrowing: Forging Focus in Vim
How to borrow the best features from other editors to build your own sovereign environment. Introducing narrow-text.
The Crowded Anvil: The Trap of Plugin Bloat
Why more isn’t always better. Learning to use Vim’s autocmd to keep your forge light and responsive.
The Quickfix Ritual: Navigating the Forge
How to use Vim’s Quickfix list to turn search results into a guided path through your code.
Accessible Automation: Silencing the Terminal Noise
How to configure tools like Tmux for screen-reader users. Sometimes, the best feature is silence.
The Accessible Vimrc: Striking for Silence
Finalizing the Monday Toolset. How to make Vim accessible, quiet, and efficient for the Textsmith.
The Living Configuration: Sourcing the Forge
Why we don’t ‘restart’ our tools. Learning to reload configurations in Tmux and Vim without losing our flow.
The Textsmith's Throne: Choosing Your Editor
Why a text editor is the most prized possession of any Textsmith, and the philosophy behind the Modal Mindset.
Tmux: The Persistent Workshop
Why every Textsmith needs a terminal multiplexer to manage sessions, survive disconnects, and organize the forge.