| > 'shipping something today' is concerned, that's what keeps me from learning vim. If you want to learn vim (I would definitely recommend you do), learn a little at a time. Vim is better suited to this approach than you might think. People tend to focus on vim's learning curve, but as soon as you grok 3 things, you can do everything you used to do with normal editors. Then all you need to do is learn one small function at a time. 1. :command :w save the file
:q quit vim 2. Normal mode You are here. Pressing a key runs a function. Escape cancels. u is undo, Ctrl-r is redo. Every key has some specific use. You can learn them one at a time. My favorite is . (the . key). It repeats the most recent action at the cursor. 3. Insert mode Pressing i puts you in insert mode. Here you can enter text like normal until you press Escape Remember that everything that happens between pressing i to pressing Escape is one action that can be undone or redone. Later you will learn that a s r and o all do similar things to i. |