I'm puzzled by why syntastic was so counterproductive for him. It's helped me more times than it's hurt. Does he have autowrite on? Some additional tips: * As

I'm puzzled by why syntastic was so counterproductive for him. It's helped me more times than it's hurt. Does he have autowrite on? Some additional tips: * As your # of plugins grow it helps to isolate plugin-specific config to separate files. Example: https://github.com/cldwalker/vimfiles/tree/master/after/plugin https://github.com/cldwalker/vimfiles/tree/master/after/plug... . * If you want to stop seeing vim as a series of unforeseen tricks, take the time to learn the 300-400 keybindings you find useful. I'd recommend a free flashcard program like anki which also has a vim flashcard set, https://github.com/amikula/vim_flashcards https://github.com/amikula/vim_flashcards * One helpful pattern I've noticed in memorizing keybindings: uppercase, left characters i.e. P, ( map to above and reverse; lowercase and reverse characters i.e. p, ) map to below and forward * If you're looking for a more powerful to search your vim docs, check out my vimdb project, http://github.com/cldwalker/vimdb http://github.com/cldwalker/vimdb