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by callmeed 4670 days ago
Ok, got this cloned and installed. If I'm moving from Sublime to vim, where do I go now?

I know a few basic vim commands (switch modes, edit, write, quit) but have never used it to work on a complete project in a directory.

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Type vimtutor at the command line to get started. Theres also a game: http://vim-adventures.com I thought was fun
I'm sure that most people, like I at first did, are wondering how useful a game could really be. Answer: Very, very useful. I think Vim Adventures was a way better headstart for me to learn the Vim style of thinking than pretty much anything else could be.
Start by deleting that crap, then run $ vimtutor until you are comfortable, read :help carefully, try your hands on simple tasks first then augment the complexity… after a couple of months you'll be as productive as before or more and, maybe, ready to do the actual switch.

In the mean time, keep using ST on your projects.

Try vimtutor before you begin with these plugins. You'll learn a lot of basic motions and also get the feel for how to speak vim, combine motions with count arguments, etc.