Vi/Vim users, enjoy.

[Tolkem]

Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life!

Learning Vi/Vim is one of those goals most Linux users have, myself included, however, the learning curve is quite steep if you want to really fully take advantage of all which this editor has to offer. Recently, while searching for some sources, tutorials, guides on Vi/Vim, I found this thread on stackoverflow, and now I'm sharing here for all of you who use this editor and want to improve your knowledge, and even if you don't use it, you'll find that a very nice, pleasant, informative and educative reading. Enjoy.

What is your most productive shortcut with Vim?

I've heard a lot about Vim, both pros and cons. It really seems you should be (as a developer) faster with Vim than with any other editor. I'm using Vim to do some basic stuff and I'm at best 10 ti...

stackoverflow.com

 

[f33dm3bits]

Learn VIM while playing a game - VIM Adventures

VIM Adventures is an online game based on VIM's keyboard shortcuts. It's the "Zelda meets text editing" game. So come have some fun and learn some VIM!

vim-adventures.com

 

[Tolkem]

IMHO, Vi/Vim's keyboard shortcuts are not the issue, but learning its "language"; all the possible commands' combinations you can use to do all sort of stuff.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I'm still learning vim myself, from my understanding about vim is that you just have to learn the language. Then you get to choose which way you want to get the task whatever seems most convenient to you, for example jumping to the beginning of line you may find it easier to use ^ but I may find it easier to use 0 and same goes for all the other tasks that you can do with vim. I know vim is more than about keyboard shortcuts but I thought it was a fun vim game to share.

 

[Tolkem]

I thought it was a fun vim game to share.

And it is, thanks for sharing!

 

[f33dm3bits]

Vim also has a builtin help program called vimtutor, just open a terminal and type it in

 

[Tolkem]

Vim also has a builtin help program called vimtutor, just open a terminal and type it in

Yeah, it's a good starting to point to learn the basics. By the way, Kate has a VI input mode https://kate-editor.org/kate-vi-mode/