These Vim tricks will save your life

[starrhorne]

Feel like you're fighting your editor? Like the simple act of moving code from your head to the screen takes forever? Using Vim is a good start. But are you using it as effectively as you could be? Do you spend seconds - SECONDS! - scrolling through code? Do you manage your plugins by hand? Do you use the "mouse?" Check out these handy vim tips!

[shortlived]

Ctrl-c is NOT equivalent to ESC. Yes, it lets you switch modes but you loose out other important actions. See :help for more details.

Edit: Here's a short explanation of the options http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5030164/whats-the-differe...

[johncoltrane]

Wow, that was empty.