Like other comments have said, learning one tool which is available basically everywhere means you only have to put in the up front learning once. Sure, it is

Like other comments have said, learning one tool which is available basically everywhere means you only have to put in the up front learning once. Sure, it is a learning curve, but once you get the basic idea that it's a sort of language for manipulating text, then the rest is just adding to that. For example, once you know that "d" is the verb to "delete" and that verbs can take nouns (like "w" for "word") then "dw" deletes a word. Now you can learn new nouns and apply to all the verbs you already know. Same for motions G is the motion to move to the bottom of the file, "dG" will delete from the cursor to the bottom of the file. Anyway, far smarter people than me have made some great introductions. I would recommend the following: 1. go through "vimtutor" 2. Look at vimcasts 3. In a while, "Practical Vim" is a very nice little book. Good luck :)