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Here I am avoiding Vim like a plague and using nano, people write Mario in it. Amazing stuff.

• jpxw 6y ago
  https://vim-adventures.com/ https://vim-adventures.com/ This helped me pick up the basics. Vim isn’t that scary, really. It’s very possible to learn 90% of the editor in a few months. Fwiw, what really made me learn Vim properly was doing a project (not a work project) solely in Vim, from start to finish (with multiple languages involved). If you’re editing text regularly, Vim (or indeed Emacs) will be much nicer use than nano.
  • opk 6y ago
    I don't really think playing a game with hjkl for movement is necessarily all that helpful. Moving around in a more conventional editor can often be done by relying on key repeat and holding down cursors. I still sometimes do that even in vim if feeling lazy. hjkl are far better learnt individually in the same manner as any other keystroke. And most movement is done with keystrokes targeted to get where I want to go quickly.
    • rtkaratekid 6y ago
      Yeah, just use vimtutor!!