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Learning VIM while playing a game
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Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#52I learned how to use the controls of VI decades before I actually learned that VIM existed, through Hack/Nethack. I thought the controls were ridiculous, but I was a kid, so I just accepted it and learned them, little did I know how useful they would become later on in life.
How close are the controls? I never noticed they were similar... maybe I should try to ascend again, as I'm terrible in VI
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#53I don't use hjkl to move around in vim. At this point it's counter intuitive. Lame
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#54They could do something like this one for Emacs. Wait, it already exists: it's called Guitar Hero.
I fear you might have just caused that thing to spring into life.. I only hope that it wasn't actually rule 34 that triggered it.
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#55works very slow in firefox .. had to play in chrome.
Works wonderfully in later versions of Firefox, sounds like there might be a canvas bug causing poor performance in Fx 11
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#56Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#57I don't use hjkl to move around in vim. At this point it's counter intuitive. Lame
The last word of your comment made me respond..
That'd be considered 'wrong' or missing out. Which the game tries to correct. Supposedly later levels will teach you about vim 'words' and you'll combine hjkl with lots of other commands. You cannot do that the way you use the software. How's that 'lame'?
And what kind of an attitude is this if you click on a game that is supposed to teach you about vim and complain that it's forcing you to learn something right afterwards?
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#58Congratulations 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…
Not to mention that this all goes against free software values, in a game that touts "the power of open source".
Instruction and service are some of the cornerstones of mainstream open source. No, it's not something RMS is a fan of, I believe, but it's what has allowed companies like Red Hat, and Canonical to stay alive, and to employ a large number of open source contributors.
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#59I really like this, and if the price isn't too bad I'll pay to keep going as I've learn't more from this than when I've sat down to try to 'learn to do VIM'.
I guess there's only so much you can cover in this sort of game format (I'm doubting there will be a .vimrc level), but if it goes far enough to teach me to take all the lag out of navigating and editing, I'll be a happy bunny.
Re: Learning VIM while playing a game
#60This is exactly what I need as a beginning front end developer. Thanks so much guys, this rocks.