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by danneu 4919 days ago
I learned Vim because the internet went out one day and I finally decided to check out `$ vimtutor`.

15 minutes later after learning commands like A, I, o, O, dd, p, and P it was clear to me that I wanted to use Vim seriously.

The hard part was arriving at a workflow, a set of plugins that I actually liked using. I imagine a great deal of people don't get to that point. I almost didn't. Especially since the commonly recommended plugins like NERDTree are awkward and clunky.

I think discovering CtrlP was the turning point for me.

A lot of luck was definitely involved. Sometimes I stay up at night wondering just how many versions of myself had given up on Vim when my wavefunction collapsed and I happened to be the chosen eigenstate that stuck with it.

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CtrlP is the only plugin I use. It's really great.