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Re:Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim by mwfogleman on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @08:24AM (#8728998)
I found Anki / spaced repetition helpful when learning (still learning, always learning) Emacs. I make cloze deletion cards for the commands and their explanations.
Re:Two Simple Steps Helped Me Learn Vim by jmr0 on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @11:38AM (#8730023)
Agreed. Especially for the more advanced or less commonly used vim/ed shortcuts, adding them to my general Anki deck was invaluable. I went through "Practical Vim" by Drew Neil and added all the useful shortcuts to the deck, and whenever they would come up for review I would also try my best to put them to use that same day. The card format would be question/answer e.g. "how do you split a window vertically?"

I also used this approach to familiarize myself with the various unix tools I don't necessarily use daily (sed, awk, etc)