Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
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Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
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Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#2Here are some more tips:
- disable arrow keys
- turn relative numbers on by default
- force yourself to only move vertically using relative numbers
- force yourself to only move horizontally using [fF,;]Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#3Here are some more tips: - disable arrow keys - turn relative numbers on by default - force yourself to only move vertically using relative numbers - force yourself to only move horizontally using [fF,;]
Good tips! You just reminded me that I did both of those first two at first as well. Arrows especially. But those last two are good too! I'll have to add them into my workflow.
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#4But that was what Ornstein meant by cheatsheet. Anyways, why did you "want to learn Vim for a long time", did you feel limited by st?
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#51) Having to because the environment only supported Vim and was locked down, and my job depended on it.
2) There is no 2
Because if there is no (1) then why would you?!!!
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#6But that was what Ornstein meant by cheatsheet. Anyways, why did you "want to learn Vim for a long time", did you feel limited by st?
Right, I thought I heard him mention it, but couldn't remember where. Looks like he mentions it in this post >> http://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-vim-learning-curve-is-a-myt... And really, I wanted to learn so I could pair with other programmers remotely. I had heard that many were using tmux and Vim so I thought it was time.
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#7But that was what Ornstein meant by cheatsheet. Anyways, why did you "want to learn Vim for a long time", did you feel limited by st?
Right, I thought I heard him mention it, but couldn't remember where. Looks like he mentions it in this post >> http://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-vim-learning-curve-is-a-myt... And really, I wanted to learn so I could pair with other programmers remotely. I had heard that many were using tmux and Vim so I thought it was time.
I don't remember where exactly either, but I think in multiple videos/talks of his, one of his top tips if you're new, is to make a list of your top 5 or so new commands you'd like to learn/focus on each week and keep using or referring back to them so that it starts becoming muscle memory.
And fair enough, was just curious why you kept persisting. :p
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#8Considering that learning Emacs is comparably hard as learning Vim I think that second advice is not always right, especially when the pet project is developed in language you're learning and not familiar with - which is often the case. It's often hard to learn new keybindings, new syntax, new workflow, new idioms and maybe even new paradigm. Sometimes it's simply too much for evening time, when I want to do something for pleasure.
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#9Here are some more tips: - disable arrow keys - turn relative numbers on by default - force yourself to only move vertically using relative numbers - force yourself to only move horizontally using [fF,;]
Why would you want to disable arrow keys?
Re: Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim
#10Here are some more tips: - disable arrow keys - turn relative numbers on by default - force yourself to only move vertically using relative numbers - force yourself to only move horizontally using [fF,;]
Good tips. Getting in the habit of explicitly searching (/) instead of scrolling is another one.
On the subject of using fFtT (and other motions), there's a plugin I quite like that works well with my mental model of that motion—I often don't want to go to the first instance of that character, but the second or third in that line. EasyMotion[1] lets you do that.