I think a great answer to this question is in this stack overflow answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-

I think a great answer to this question is in this stack overflow answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim/1220118#1220118 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most... To answer you second question: yes. I've done quick scripts and giant programs in vim. Also note: I use full IDEs in conjunction with vim where appropriate - I mean, why wouldn't I take advantage of Visual Studio when doing C#, but even then I still regularly drop into Vim (because of the stuff in the above link).