HTH. There are many screencasts available on the net, paid and free. The best ones happen to be free. Drew Neil's screencasts at http://vimcasts.org/ http://v

HTH. There are many screencasts available on the net, paid and free. The best ones happen to be free. Drew Neil's screencasts at http://vimcasts.org/ http://vimcasts.org/ are laser-cut, focused and short. Each video is about one or two specific use-case so you don't get overwhelmed by dozens of "cryptic" commands. The production value is amazing (not in the Michael Bay meaning of the word). Derek Wyatt's Vim Tutorial Videos at http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/ http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/ are the opposite: messy, lighthearted, funny, hysterical and packed with gold nuggets. You'll probably need to watch them a few times if you really want to extract practical knowledge. Peepcode has three Vim-related screencasts but I think they are really bad, specially the "Play-by-Play" one. Yes. Vim is not a weekend project. There's no way you can reach your previous level of productivity in one weekend or two. May I suggest you, based on my own experience, to not install any plugin and not copy someone else .vimrc? Play around with $ vimtutor, exercise on random files (not on serious stuff), read the help (:help<Enter>), watch a bunch of screencasts to get the feel of what it's all about. After the weekend is over you will either be craving for more or be disgusted. Consider both outcomes as a succes and move on to the next step.