I agree with ggruschow: read the help. I printed the manual (it's about 275 pages) and the FAQ (about 130 pages) and put them in binders. I read them periodical

I agree with ggruschow: read the help. I printed the manual (it's about 275 pages) and the FAQ (about 130 pages) and put them in binders. I read them periodically to learn new features and concepts. They're available at: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/ http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/ Damian Conway has a series of five excellent articles on Vim, starting with: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script-1/index.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script... At the end of the last article he says that there's at least one more on the way. Watch "7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0," by Vim creator Bram Moolenar: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2538831956647446078 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2538831956647446078 He doesn't just tell you things about Vim, but suggests how to become more effective with Vim.