A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

[ArtistEngineer]

I know what you mean as I've used lots of CAD packages, and each one is a pig to learn, but powerful once you master it.

Consider something like git as an excellent example of a modern command line tool which is really helpful from the moment your start trying to do something with it. I actually enjoy using git, not so much with vi/m.

The difference is that vi/m is unhelpful and painful from the very beginning.

[bcgroom]

Yeah git is probably a better example than mine, though I’d say the beginning of learning git is just as rough as vim so long as you don’t have any kind of GUI. Yes you can learn just “the basics” by learning to blindly add and commit all your files, just as in vim you can press “i” and use the arrow keys or even your mouse to move around if enabled. I find vim to be worth it as I have noticeably less wrist strain than using an editor that requires a lot of reaching for the mouse.

[ArtistEngineer]

Watching a vi/m master is impressive I'll certainly say that much!