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I really like vim and use it every day, but I'm honestly never going to commit all this to memory.

• thegeomaster 12y ago
  I think you are very much wrong! I started using vim only recently, and when I was running through vimtutor, I was telling myself how I'd never be able to remember or understand what is w, W, B, E, {, dib, ci(, ma{{{yy`a"bddp (maybe there's a better one than this) or :%s/a/b/g. After only a month or so of usage, I've come to use commands and sequences like this by heart. And when I read useful tips or watch screencasts, I'm just remembered how I've barely even scratched the surface of productivity with vim. That's why I don't fear I won't be able to remember more and more new, complex commands. I think it will all come naturally, like the first ones I learned. The same should happen not only with me, but with you or anyone else who is dreadful of remembering increasingly complex workflows of commands with vim.
• beachstartup 12y ago
  in unix, you memorize by doing, not by studying
  • saganus 12y ago
    I would actually venture to say that it does not apply only to Unix but for life itself, no?
• geekingfrog 12y ago
  One very useful advice when it comes to 'what to memorize' is trying to always watch yourself using vim. If you happen to do something repetitive, ask yourself: is there a better way to do it? How to automate it? And then, commit this new tip to memory. This way, you actually only memorize what is directly useful. This tip has served me very well.