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I believe this is the worst Vim Tips compilation I have ever seen. Utterly complicated commands with no real life examples. Also doesn't explain the difference

by dudus 15y ago

I believe this is the worst Vim Tips compilation I have ever seen. Utterly complicated commands with no real life examples. Also doesn't explain the difference between commands, motion commands and selectors. Which are crucial to the starter Vim user. If you are an experienced Vim user, this might be a handy cheat sheet. If you're new to Vim, go look somewhere else.

vdoma 15y ago
Most of these are very useful and definitely real-world examples. I agree it's not for total beginners, but the page never makes such a claim.
- secoif 15y ago
  I think the parent was asking for real world usage examples over contrived tom/dick/harry examples.
mmorey 15y ago
Can you provide a link to something better? As a novice VIM user I can't get enough of these resources.
- telemachos 15y ago
  A bunch of things I like, in no particular order. Vimcasts: http://vimcasts.org/ http://vimcasts.org/ (And keep your eye out for Drew's forthcoming book: Practical Vim.) Vim University: http://vimuniversity.com/ http://vimuniversity.com/ Coming Home To Vim: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ Efficient Editing With Vim: http://robertames.com/files/vim-editing.html http://robertames.com/files/vim-editing.html Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?: http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/26702 http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/26702 Vim anti-patterns: http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/tag/anti-patterns/ http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/tag/anti-patterns/
- gnosis 15y ago
  Beginners should really start with vimtutor (just type "vimtutor" in your shell), and go through it a couple of times. This is also useful: http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial... And when you're done with those, come to #vim on freenode. You can learn a hell of a lot about vim by just idling there. Of course, you'll learn even faster by asking questions.
gnosis 15y ago
Taking each of the tips on this page and expanding on them to make them more suitable for beginners might actually make for pretty good and useful project. Anyone want to take it up?

by dudus 15y ago

vdoma 15y ago

Most of these are very useful and definitely real-world examples. I agree it's not for total beginners, but the page never makes such a claim.

secoif 15y ago
I think the parent was asking for real world usage examples over contrived tom/dick/harry examples.

mmorey 15y ago

Can you provide a link to something better? As a novice VIM user I can't get enough of these resources.

telemachos 15y ago
A bunch of things I like, in no particular order. Vimcasts: http://vimcasts.org/ http://vimcasts.org/ (And keep your eye out for Drew's forthcoming book: Practical Vim.) Vim University: http://vimuniversity.com/ http://vimuniversity.com/ Coming Home To Vim: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/ Efficient Editing With Vim: http://robertames.com/files/vim-editing.html http://robertames.com/files/vim-editing.html Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?: http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/26702 http://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118/26702 Vim anti-patterns: http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/tag/anti-patterns/ http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/tag/anti-patterns/
gnosis 15y ago
Beginners should really start with vimtutor (just type "vimtutor" in your shell), and go through it a couple of times. This is also useful: http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial... And when you're done with those, come to #vim on freenode. You can learn a hell of a lot about vim by just idling there. Of course, you'll learn even faster by asking questions.

gnosis 15y ago

Taking each of the tips on this page and expanding on them to make them more suitable for beginners might actually make for pretty good and useful project. Anyone want to take it up?