I really can't recommend Drew Neil's resources enough. The vimcasts¹ series are great if you're the sort of person who likes videos to learn with, and both his books are excellent²³. [The books may appear to be getting a little long in the tooth, but their contents are still very applicable to today's usage.]
My own "trick" for improving my vim usage was to start mapping things to <Nop> that have better replacements, it is great way to shock yourself out of bad habits like hjkl movements and such. Then again, I think text-objects and the items below it in motion.txt are the main to use vim so YMMV.
² https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edit...
Thanks! Now I'm curious what is bad about hjkl movements :)
I perhaps shouldn't have said "bad," as my opinions sadly aren't universal truths ;)
However, my reasoning is the same as noted in echelon's reply. There are often far better ways to move around as described in ":h text-objects" and ":h motion.txt" more generally.
You tend to overuse arrow key-like navigation instead of developing chords of movements.
I got stuck in that suboptimal mode and had to break myself of it.
Re:20 Years of Vim
by fortunateregard on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:10PM
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Re:20 Years of Vim
by smackeyacky on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:01PM
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So am I. Not all terminals actually had cursor keys.
Personally, I've been using Vim for years, but I must confess that I use almost the same commands as I did in the beginning. Is there any good website that teaches useful tricks, maybe on a daily basis?