A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
First Rule of Vim Club: Don't talk about Vim Club.
Interactive Vim Tutorial
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#22I started learning vim from https://vim-adventures.com/ and it has been invaluable.
I can recommend "Practical Vim" which is a great book. Regarding vim-adventures, I just gave it a try for the first time and while it does seem quite fun it puts a massive amount of emphasis on h and l to move left and right (that's all you start with, and even though you unlock w, e and b soon enough you can't use them outside of text tiles). I hardly ever use h and l. There's almost always a better and faster way t…
> I can recommend "Practical Vim" which is a great book.
I've read it only recently, after I was already familiar with Vim, and I cannot recommend it enough!
I had lots of "oh, I had no idea this was possible" moments and it took my Vim knowledge to the next level where I'm now (even) more productive than before.
Having said that, I'm not sure it is a good introductory resource for somebody making their first steps in Vim.
Re: Interactive Vim Tutorial
#23A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
And this tutorial follows the convention of not mentioning how to quit vim in one of its early lessons.
Drug dealers never tell their clients how to wean off their vices. Is that a crime? :P
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#25A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
That one is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988968. This one was probably posted in response to it. That happens a lot. We tend to downweight such follow-up or copycat posts since they make the front page more samey. It's better to post links to related articles in the original thread.
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#26Related:
A vi editor quick-start tutorial:
https://gumroad.com/l/vi_quick .
I am the author (user vram22 on HN), posting from another phone, with a throwaway user name.
I first wrote this tutorial for two Windows sysadmin friends who had to handle some Unix servers. They told me it helped them to learn vi basics and so use Unix more easily.