Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique

Re:Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique by bostondjango on Saturday January 31, 2009 @04:21PM (#460068)

I was a fake vi user for a few years before I finally decided to sit down and learn it. What helped me get into the "feel" of vi was finally disabling my arrow-keys and forcing myself to use the hjkl keys for movement. It will suck for the first few weeks but eventually you'll notice a significant increase in productivity. Throw this into your .vimrc:

map <Left> <nop>

map! <left> <nop>

map <right> <nop>

map! <right> <nop>

map <up> <nop>

map! <up> <nop>

map <down> <nop>

map! <down> <nop>

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Re:Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique by GHFigs on Saturday January 31, 2009 @04:55PM (#460121)

NetHack (or Angband, et al.) is another great way to learn hjkl. I can't say you'll notice a significant increase in productivity, but you'll at least get accustomed to the keys.

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Re:Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique by mapleoin on Sunday February 01, 2009 @01:51AM (#460645)

or wmii/dwm/xmonad/awesome to a somewhat lesser extent

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Re:Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique by rw on Saturday January 31, 2009 @04:54PM (#460117)

Is it possible to use hjkl in command-mode?

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Re:Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique by bostondjango on Saturday January 31, 2009 @04:59PM (#460130)

Yep. I use it all the time.

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