How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan

Re:How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan by antouank on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:11AM (#15416136)

That was my initial thought. I do use r to replace one letter, and ciw or ci" to change whole things. But still, after all this time, I find it simpler to just go in insert mode and do 3-4 things, than think of combinations or commands for every single thing.

Maybe I'm too lazy to memorize them, I don't know.

But using hjkl is still too weird for me, even after using vim for more than 6 months. :)

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Re:How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan by marktangotango on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:38AM (#15416666)

I don't usually have this problem. On a dev machine I install a more featurefull vim. I think there's a difference in how "tiny vim" most distros ship with and other vims handle navigation. Seems like tiny vim is closer to vi in enforcing hjkl in insert. I'm sure some reading this knows more than I do about this.

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Re:How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan by yodsanklai on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:41AM (#15416691)

> But using hjkl is still too weird for me

It's very natural to use j and k. When you touch type, "j" is your right index home base (I assume you know it but that's why there's a physical marker on "j" and "f").

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Re:How to Learn Vim: A Four Week Plan by antouank on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:22PM (#15418005)

I mean from a layout perspective. hjkl is in one line, whereas the arrows are not in one line, with "up" one line above "down". That's a muscle memory I cannot fight yet.

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