Re: why is it so difficult to start using vim (may be just for me).

Personally, I would start with the VIM tutor in the vim program. That's
how I got started.
Then as I started finding myself repeating actions I would look on
google to see how to do it in vim (e.g...how to delete duplicate lines)
and then learn the keystrokes. It's just a matter of repetition...once
you start using it it gets easier everyday....I only use about 10% of
vim's power, but I'll never go back to any other editor....


On 09/30/2012 03:18 PM, Marcin Szamotulski wrote:
> On 11:33 Thu 27 Sep , David Ohlemacher wrote:
>> Vim is easy to use, but not easy to learn.
>>
>> The trick for me, beyond the basics which I had known for eons, was to
>> create my own cheat sheets. I use tomboy notes. I think it much less
>> useful to download a cheat sheet. Making your own will start you on
>> your way to remembering. I keep several, but do what makes sense for you:
>>
>> * vim command line options, plugins
>> * folding, movement, editing
>> * searching, regex, other
>> * sessions, windows, buffers, tabs
>>
>> One does not really learn vim. Instead one trains one's finger to
>> 'know', i.e. it is all muscle memory. I have been asked how to do
>> something and found I was not been able to reply with the answer until I
>> put my fingers on the keyboard.
>>
>> As my fingers learn the commands, I remove commands from my cheat sheet
>> and add new ones. Go slow. Train your fingers with commands before
>> adding too many. Six mo. ago, I added some of the folding commands. I
>> was writing more in python and my old ways of navigating did not work
>> with python's scoping. Now I LOVE syntax folding.
>>
>> But start with the tutor as other have said. I didn't do this for cheat
>> sheets, but it might help you write your first ones.
>>
>> ** After the tutor, learn the structure of commands. This is excellent:
>> http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/10/17/vim-text-objects-the-definitive-guide/
>>
>> My latest command added?
>>
>> * :r !<cmd> // Saw this one on this list. Thanks list!
>> o This runs the command and writes its output in your buffer.
>> Very handy to get a svn diff into a window next to the file just
>> diffed.
>>
>> -d
>>
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> I stumbled on this blog post:
> http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/13164810557/the-vim-learning-curve-is-a-myth
>
> Best,
> Marcin
>

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