Vim 8.1
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Vim 8.1
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Re: Vim 8.1
#2I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
Re: Vim 8.1
#3I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
Command line - and just keep trying... after a few years it’ll stick
Re: Vim 8.1
#4I tested :terminal but I still prefer my tmux + vim config (seems more productive). But, I have to say that for ssh connections this will be really useful.
Re: Vim 8.1
#5I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
There is this game that was posted to HN earlier this week [1]. There is also `vimtutor` a text file that walks you through a tutorial in vim, I believe this ships by default with vim [2].
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1: https://www.ostechnix.com/pacvim-a-cli-game-to-learn-vim-com...
2: https://superuser.com/questions/246487/how-to-use-vimtutor
Re: Vim 8.1
#6I tested :terminal but I still prefer my tmux + vim config (seems more productive). But, I have to say that for ssh connections this will be really useful.
I'm psyched about what this means for debugger integration!
Re: Vim 8.1
#7I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
You don't have to use VIM as your daily driver, you can use it on your personal projects. I was in the same boat as you. But now that I am comfortable with VIM, I feel like learning it has been one of the most rewarding and fruitful investments I have made in myself. I use it for JavaScript, Python, C#, golang, and more.
Re: Vim 8.1
#8After running :terminal, is there a way to yank text from my editor window and paste it into the terminal? Likewise, is there a way to copy text from the output of a command (run in the terminal) and paste it into the other window?
Re: Vim 8.1
#9I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
I've been a heavy Vim user for 20 years, and I hear people say this all the time. Recent converts especially love to write breathless blog posts exalting Vim's editing model as the One True Way, but the truth is that if your editing speed is the bottleneck for your productivity, you must surely be some kind of software engineering deity. There's absolutely no shame in sticking with a model that works for you if you're productive and efficient.
Re: Vim 8.1
#10I want to learn Vim and tried several times (with vim modes form Intellij mainly) but failed under pressure to get actual things done. I see great potential and I know I have to sacrifice 1-2 month of productivity to get up to speed but I fail every time.
Find a good cheatsheet that you're able to browse through quickly. Uninstall every GUI editor you have on your machine.
It took me ~ a month before I was fully getting the hang of it. Now I'm about a year in and not only has my familiarity with my keyboard greatly improved, but I am finally reaping the benefits of speed and portability (gotta love having an identical editor experience on any machine you SSH into).