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nano was my cli editor of choice because I was overwhelmed by vim. For years I felt subpar and thought that I should learn using vim. I'm using vim for some yea

by _def 5y ago

nano was my cli editor of choice because I was overwhelmed by vim. For years I felt subpar and thought that I should learn using vim. I'm using vim for some years now but I don't really make much use of it's features, maybe an occasional cut and paste, which probably can easily be done with nano too.

bspammer 5y ago
An easy (and fun) way to get better at vim and learn some of its features is to play vimgolf [1]. After you submit you can see solutions which are slightly better than yours, and run them through to see what each command does. [1] http://www.vimgolf.com http://www.vimgolf.com
dllthomas 5y ago
https://vim-adventures.com/ https://vim-adventures.com/ is a fun way to flesh out your vim understanding. I've only been through the free bit and balked at the price tag, but very much enjoyed what I played and if I weren't already well versed in vim it would probably be well worth it to continue.
- huachimingo 5y ago
  Dont forget vimtutor, also available in CLI. You learn vi(m) by steps using a quick manual.
RandallBrown 5y ago
My dirty software engineering secret is that I don't know how to use vim. Like at all. I've been a developer for over 10 years at this point. The only thing I remember is that some combo of hitting the escape key and typing :wq gets me out of it. When I get a new machine I have to immediately change the default editor for git so I don't get totally stuck if I need to edit a commit message. I also use a GUI text editor for git... I really appreciate that nano has it's shortcuts written on the screen for me to use. It's my CLI text editor of choice for that reason.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
I was shoved in the pool with vim, I don't think it took me more than a couple days to get proficient with it and by the end of the week I didn't want to use anything else. Of course I had a fairly large coding project that I was working on. Of course I'm still learning little bits here and there :)

by _def 5y ago

bspammer 5y ago

An easy (and fun) way to get better at vim and learn some of its features is to play vimgolf [1]. After you submit you can see solutions which are slightly better than yours, and run them through to see what each command does. [1] http://www.vimgolf.com http://www.vimgolf.com

dllthomas 5y ago

https://vim-adventures.com/ https://vim-adventures.com/ is a fun way to flesh out your vim understanding. I've only been through the free bit and balked at the price tag, but very much enjoyed what I played and if I weren't already well versed in vim it would probably be well worth it to continue.

huachimingo 5y ago
Dont forget vimtutor, also available in CLI. You learn vi(m) by steps using a quick manual.

RandallBrown 5y ago

My dirty software engineering secret is that I don't know how to use vim. Like at all. I've been a developer for over 10 years at this point. The only thing I remember is that some combo of hitting the escape key and typing :wq gets me out of it. When I get a new machine I have to immediately change the default editor for git so I don't get totally stuck if I need to edit a commit message. I also use a GUI text editor for git... I really appreciate that nano has it's shortcuts written on the screen for me to use. It's my CLI text editor of choice for that reason.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

I was shoved in the pool with vim, I don't think it took me more than a couple days to get proficient with it and by the end of the week I didn't want to use anything else. Of course I had a fairly large coding project that I was working on. Of course I'm still learning little bits here and there :)