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Re:Vim 8.1 by godelski on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:39PM (#17103865)
Path I took is to learn the basic movements. Then just put a sticky note with new commands each week. Whatever I didn't use I didn't commit to memory. But knowing commands exists helps.
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Re:Vim 8.1 by nsomaru on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:03PM (#17104054)
looking to do this at an intermediate level. any commands you can recommend?
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Re:Vim 8.1 by godelski on Friday May 18, 2018 @04:16PM (#17104619)
By far I think the most over looked commands are the <C-x> commands while in insert mode. They do the auto complete. They all follow this pattern <C-x>letter.

Try out: l (line), n/p (next/previous instance of word), f (file)

Note that you can hammer these.

The next important thing I suggest is using buffers, splits, and marks.

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Re:Vim 8.1 by maxk42 on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:53PM (#17104467)
Make sure you know your buffers and marks.

Also make sure you understand the difference between u/CTRL-R and g+/g-.

Macros (q) are also useful. Also, v, V, CTRL-V for selections. And gv to re-select previous selected area and gn / gN to operate on the next/previous match.

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Re:Vim 8.1 by lozenge on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:41PM (#17104362)
Star and hash - find previous and next match for word under cursor

n and N - find previous and next match for current search.

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