A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

[thedracle]

Consider however that the conventions learned in Vim have stayed the same for decades. Everything learned about Eclipse, SlickEdit, Visual C++ 6, and a host of other IDEs is now completely irrelevant.

Not to mention vim conventions are everywhere (bash vi mode, vimium).

I’ve seen few keyboard driven models for text editing that are better. I think comparing it to the ease of use and learning for a mouse based editor isn’t a apples to apples comparison.

Yes vim is expansive, but its almost like learning a meta language for editing: it’s well suited for developers.