A CLI game to learn Vim

Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by icc97 on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:47PM (#17079144)

I got comfortable on the basic Vim keys using shortcutFoo [0], plus actually diving in to using it full-time. Learning Vim takes full time usage as you need to switch over your muscle memory. I still find that GVim is brilliant for beginners as it is tolerant of using other style shortcuts so you don't burn yourself. Even though you might learn slower you're more likely to progress as it's less frustrating.

I don't know if there's much evidence of these game style methods actually working. I tried vim-adventures [1], but just found it annoying. As far as I can tell you just want to apply similar learning techniques as with touch typing, so just typing the letters to the screen.

As a side benefit of learning Vim, it's encouraged me to improve my touch typing because of the added benefit that you can type your Vim commands faster.

[0]: https://www.shortcutfoo.com/app/dojos/vim

[1]: https://vim-adventures.com/

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by Rick-Butler on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @08:57PM (#17079179)

I felt vim adventures helped me, but then again that's just anecdotal proving your point.

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by icc97 on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @09:03PM (#17079206)

That's good to hear. As long as it's useful for some people that's all that matters for the people that created it. It's not like there's much evidence about the best way to learn Vim so your anecdote is as good as mine. At least there's a lot of people that have generated different methods to suit different people.

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by Nr7 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:07AM (#17080329)

Vim adventures also helped me to get started in Vim. I never finished it but it definitely was useful in learning the basics. I recommend it.

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by therein on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:41AM (#17080887)

Exactly same here. I wanted to chime in because it sounded like it would help supplant the anecdotal evidence.

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by mettamage on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @06:55AM (#17081391)

I'm going to try that! I wonder though, who here didn't have success with vimtutor? I had success learning the basics of vim with vimtutor.

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Re:A CLI game to learn Vim by xyzal on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:35AM (#17081859)

Vimtutor did not work for me, but vim adventures taught me enough to be comfortable using vim on a daily basis. I think it may be because vimtutor focuses on one topic at a time, while vim adventures forces you to use everything you learned up to a point, so it is more of a spaced repetition approach.

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