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Replies for: First of all, if you haven't already, take a look at open vim which is a good way to learn the basics. Second of all, I jumped cold-turkey, so I ...

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MN Mark • • Edited

I agree with all of that and would like to add: patience. It's implicit in the Second, but I wanted to make it explicit. I tried and gave up on vim twice before sticking with it and starting to understand it.

Also to add a couple more resources:

  • vimtutor is a command line program for learning vim
  • vim-adventures.com/ - a game that teaches vim.