I made some helpful comments in a discussion thread here a couple years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=233873 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2338

I made some helpful comments in a discussion thread here a couple years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=233873 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=233873 (see also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=235177 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=235177 a little farther down that page) That might help you get started with some of the more interesting capabilities of vim. Some additions I would make now are some of the control shortcuts in insert mode: C-n (word complete forward) C-p (word complete backward) C-x f (complete filename) C-x l (complete line) The mark command is also useful. Need to check something elsewhere in the file while coding? Hit mm (the first m says to set a mark, and the second m stores that mark in the 'm' register). Now check out whatever you need to, and then use `m (backtick, then m) to return to your previous location. Also, remap Caps Lock to be Escape, or start using Control-[. Escape is pretty far away on most keyboards; using a closer alternative will help you more than you would expect.