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Discussion on: What one should know about VIM before starting to use it?

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You should start with vimtutor. Probably several times.

Then fire up vim and type :help. The first page will teach you to navigate help. Find user_toc.txt and start reading. After that you should be able to decide how to proceed on your own.

BTW, "Practical Vim" by Drew Neil is a great book.