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Re: Vim Adventures

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post #9

First of all, awesome concept. This might just force me to stop using nano all the time. I'm curious though as to why the developer chose to limit the license to 6 months when charging a flat ~$5 per month might be easier to sell?

Yeh, subscription seems silly. Might be an attempt for corporate users training staff regularly.

Re: Vim Adventures

#12
post #7

Slightly ironic: doesn't work well with the Vimperator add-on + Firefox, as Vimperator is going to consume the keystrokes (especially the most used ones such as hjkl). Great idea though (once you turn off Vimperator) :) !

Same here with Chrome's Vimium. Once the URL is excluded, it works fine.

Doh, I was wondering why I could only move in 'insert' mode. Guess I was entering Vimiums insert mode rather than the game.

Re: Vim Adventures

#13
Hahaha… Vim adventures again.

People, if you are curious about Vim, just run the command below if you are on any UNIX-y machine:

    $ vimtutor
That's really all you need. If you don't have Vim installed, just install it and run vimtutor anyway.

Once you have got the basics right, no bullshit payware game or online drillings or online interactive tutorials will help you improve your skills. Only your accumulated experience, curiosity and willingness to learn will.

Re: Vim Adventures

#14

Hahaha… Vim adventures again. People, if you are curious about Vim, just run the command below if you are on any UNIX-y machine: $ vimtutor That's really all you need. If you don't have Vim installed, just install it and run vimtutor anyway. Once you have got the basics right, no bullshit payware game or online drillings or online interactive tutorials will help you improve your skills. Only your accumulated experien…

As a long time Vim user, I also found the book Practical Vim very instructive. Not really suitable for beginners though.

Re: Vim Adventures

#15
Isn't this website there long time ago? I had given up trying it as Vimium came in the middle but reading from other comments, I could now play in the site going to the insert mode in Vimium.

Might be a good practice for beginners who need to make their fingers type the Vim way.

Re: Vim Adventures

#17
post #7

Slightly ironic: doesn't work well with the Vimperator add-on + Firefox, as Vimperator is going to consume the keystrokes (especially the most used ones such as hjkl). Great idea though (once you turn off Vimperator) :) !

Same with pentadactyl. However with CTRL+z you can temporarily disable pentadactyl (I think it's the same shortcut in vimperator) until you press ESC.

If the developer is here and wants a workaround there is a way to make the game work with pentadactyl/vimperator without disabling them. The h/j/k/l keys do not work in insert mode, so on page load focus in a hidden textbox and capture keys pressed in the textbox.

Re: Vim Adventures

#20

Hahaha… Vim adventures again. People, if you are curious about Vim, just run the command below if you are on any UNIX-y machine: $ vimtutor That's really all you need. If you don't have Vim installed, just install it and run vimtutor anyway. Once you have got the basics right, no bullshit payware game or online drillings or online interactive tutorials will help you improve your skills. Only your accumulated experien…

As a long time Vim user, I also found the book Practical Vim very instructive. Not really suitable for beginners though.

I'd like to second this. There is a lot to Vim and Practical Vim is an excellent read. This book covers a lot of ground and the way it internally references itself is excellent (great for jumping around).

Links for the lazy (non-affiliate)

http://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Vim-Thought-Pragmatic-Progra...

The better you get at Vim the easier it is to learn more Vim.

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