"Vim as a Language"[0] is a similar article I benefited greatly from back in the day. One additional tip once you start using things like d8k: Try "set relativ

"Vim as a Language"[0] is a similar article I benefited greatly from back in the day. One additional tip once you start using things like d8k: Try "set relativenumber" in your vimrc. It makes all except the current line display offsets rather than absolute line numbers. Initially, this seems silly, but you quickly realize that if you're at line 1668 and need to delete up to line 1619, it's much more helpful to see line 1619 listed as "line 49" rather than "1619" and having to do the mental math to figure out that the command you're looking for is "d49k". [0] https://benmccormick.org/2014/07/02/062700.html https://benmccormick.org/2014/07/02/062700.html