http://www.bemroses.net/images/curves.jpg http://www.bemroses.net/images/curves.jpg i've found the Cold Turkey method of learning very useful. there's a sayin

http://www.bemroses.net/images/curves.jpg http://www.bemroses.net/images/curves.jpg i've found the Cold Turkey method of learning very useful. there's a saying that goes something like, "the greatest catalyst for progress is necessity." when switching to dvorak i simply never touched quwerty again. likewise with Vim, i never used another editor. it's a bit odd at first, but if you keep yourself from using anything else, you will have to learn, or, as you say, you really will be useless. and due to that, you learn it faster than approaching it from a more reserved angle is it worth it? absolutely. editing code is a fundamental part of programming. it's something you're going to be doing a lot of. the investments you put into that aspect will pay off greatly the key to learning vi well is to be in command mode as much as possible