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you can do it. you have to want to, first, though. then you sit down for an hour and you create and edit a file, and you do not allow yourself to hold any key
by naikrovek 3y ago
you can do it. you have to want to, first, though.
then you sit down for an hour and you create and edit a file, and you do not allow yourself to hold any key down to move the cursor around. you have the link you posted printed out, and you use only what is on the sheet to edit.
when you want to add something to the end of the line, you do NOT push the END key then enter edit mode, you look at the sheet and you find what you want and you push SHIFT+A to enter edit mode and go to the end of the line at the same time.
you keep track of which mode you're in and what mode you need to do something, and you force yourself through the keystrokes needed to operate completely and efficiently using only the keyboard.
in an hour, if you force yourself to use only the shortcuts on the cheat sheet, you will be more fluent in vi/vim than ~90% of the people who use it, myself included, and I've been using vi/vim for 25 years.