Re: What approaches do you think are the best ways to GET TO KNOW Vim?

On Thu 03 Feb 2011 at 00:38:48 PST ConcreteVitamin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am capable of very basic manipulations of vim, and benefit from
>editting my .vimrc file according to various tutorials. However, I'd
>like to get to know Vim, specifically about its scripts and advanced
>manipulations.
>
>Recently I just read several help texts. I find them informative, yet
>I think it would be best to learn if there are practice tasks to which
>I can apply the new-learned knowledge. What do you suggest?

Find a video of Bram's presentation on 7 Habits of Effective Editing,
and watch it.

I don't think "practice tasks" are the best way to learn vim. Or any
other tool. The best way is to USE it, and as Bram says in his
presentation, to reflect on the way you are using it, and to ask
yourself whether and how you could do things more efficiently.

In other words, let the tasks that led you to reach for an editor in the
first place drive your learning.

Learning how to do things you will never use is a pointless waste of
time. That's why tutorials and practice tasks can only get you so far
-- and sometimes take you places you don't need to go.

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