Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to mention that this all goes against free software values, in a game that touts "the power of open source".
Open Source != Free Software
Yeap and: open source != Free software != Gratis Software
Learning VIM while playing a game
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Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#42After finishing the maze there is a roadblock at the bottom of the screen after talking to the girl who tells me about what happens if I step into water and there is no column above me... Is there a game beyond there?
No it's not over, use what you learned from her to advance in the game
Just made it past that. Thanks.
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#43Congratulations !
it was a very cool game.. hope we see the next levels soon and I also hope you'd open all the game levels even to unregistered users later. :D
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#44i wanna use vim less now :D
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#46Fantastic! This game had me laughing instantly...gaining a proficiency in 'hjkl' via a crazy web browser game is a great idea!
On a side note, several times when playing through the game I noticed that my motions weren't working, and traced it back to this: that for me, the home row is jkl; and not hjkl. I don't know very much about vim -- is there a reason that you have to put your hand in the "wrong place" on the keyboard?
vi, which vim is based on, was programmed on the ADM-3A terminal, where the arrow keys are on the H, J, K, and L keys.
http://www.catonmat.net/images/why-vim-uses-hjkl/lsi-adm-3a....
http://www.catonmat.net/images/why-vim-uses-hjkl/adm-3a-hjkl...
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#47Wow. This is absolutely genius. You want to be more productive with vim, but this is generally due to the fact that you have little time as it is. Learning vim hasn't always been in the best interests of my current task. Then there is this game. Brilliant.
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#48Congratulations to that very nice and useful game! I loved to play around with the first 2 levels. It's a pity that the project's state is totally unclear (at least to me, a casual visitor). Is it meant to become a community project? Is it a demo of something that will be sold in the future? The explaining text behind the "Unlock Levels" button adds even more confusion: > Additional levels are currently being develop…
Right when the second level ends, it says "You learned some word navigation and managed to get here. But you have to buy a license to unlock the rest of the game and continue learning VIM!" It is not free.
I will pay for it if it is reasonably priced. Beating the first two levels took me not very long at all, so, there will have to be a lot of content.
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#49Thank you for this. I have been putting off learning vim for way too long. Nano does its job fine :P
However, I can't input my email.. it has more than 30 chars. As per source:
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#50Thank you for this. I have been putting off learning vim for way too long. Nano does its job fine :P However, I can't input my email.. it has more than 30 chars. As per source:
Same here, but then even when I tried a shorter name, it gave me an SMTP error. :(