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Vim Macros for Beancount

https://tangled.sh/@adam.tngl.sh/vim-beancounting
38•xarcolade•5h ago

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xz18r•4h ago
Also check out beancount-mode for emacs: https://github.com/beancount/beancount-mode
Bengalilol•3h ago
I don't like (nor want) to be that guy, but here I am. Can anyone shed some light on those points ?

[EDIT] forget my question, as it is about tngl.sh and not the macros (there is no code...), all apologies

Alpha stage – Tangled is still experimental, features incomplete, stability uncertain.

Unclear author – The page links to @adam.tngl.sh, with no clear track record or verified identity.

Federation risks – Relies on AT Protocol relays/DID, which could expose you to poorly configured or malicious servers.

Unknown repo content – The vim-beancounting project may include unsafe code; review in a sandbox before using.

icy•3h ago
tangled being in alpha has no bearing on the submitted content whatsoever. i’m confused by this comment.

the author being anonymous doesn’t matter either? there’s tons of good software written by pseudonymous authors.

i don’t understand what the “federation risks” even means so i won’t bother.

the last point is a bit of a giveaway that this is llm generated and you didn’t actually click on the link yourself. fwiw the code is entirely available for you to look at.

Bengalilol•3h ago
My excuses. I went too far (and too quickly)

(Yes, I used a LLM to check it and copy paste without any review, all shame on me)

weepingwi11ow•3h ago
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-s...
AnthOlei•1h ago
Does anyone else think this method of discourse incredibly rude? This poster posted a quasi researched comment that looks surface credible. A HN user took the time to respond to each point - only for the response to the response to be “whoops sorry, wasted your time!”

Feels like a breach of social contract. I used to see help requests that were well written as a signal of effort - as in “I’ll put in the effort to help since they did”

soupbowl•58m ago
It was rude and HN would be better off if you just stopped commenting if your level of effort is this low.
xarcolade•3h ago
Hello! Sharing on HN is a first for me. When I wrote this I thought I was producing something with a steady enough on-ramp that someone could follow along with a little bit of sustained curiosity. After sharing it with some friends I realise it might still be a steeper/poorly constructed ramp than I initially thought. Either way I'd love to hear from you if you found this interesting!
vanous•2h ago
Very cool! A while ago i did something similar and tried to learn vim more in depth by creating some more complex macros - several of them, to convert some text snippets into markdown. Problem was, that several months later i could not exactly remember some details of these "reusable" macros - where exactly to place cursor when starting them, the order of execution and so on. Thankfully, vim has the amazing ability to run commands/script on text selection, so i rewrote my macros in a scripting language. It has several bonus points: i can store them in git and track changes, code can be self-documented via comments. My macros were not too complex, but still, using a proper scripting ended up being much better.
aidenn0•1h ago
Macroing Tip: whenever possible start a macro with a motion that will move the cursor to a known location. E.g. for line-oriented macros use "0" and for paragraph oriented macros use "}{". Then the macro will work regardless of where you put the cursor.

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