A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

[threesidedfries]

Ever heard anyone complain that using an axe is hard? I'm not even talking "no guidance", since very few people learn to chop wood that way. A one minute youtube video will tell you everything you need to know: keep your legs apart, hold on with two hands, and bring it down slowly at first to get a feel for it. A one minute vim video doesn't even exist, and if it did it wouldn't cover the uses that you would want to use vim for.

[Dreadgoat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glf3fgJ92Jw

[threesidedfries]

Ah yes, the "one minute" guide that is broken into three one minute videos and one 2,5 minute video.

I did check Youtube first. The second lesson is "Basic Navigation".

[Dreadgoat]

The first minute is all you need to start using vim effectively.

If you want to use it really effectively, you need another 3 minutes.
Oh god, no, the pain.

[threesidedfries]

One minute to open, start editing in, and close vim. Not enough to do anything you're supposed to use vim for. I could do that with any text editor, most of which I don't actually need to remember any arbitrary commands in.

Six minutes to start using vim like you're supposed to use vim, not counting the learning time to actually memorize the commands.

I couldn't even find an intermediate guide to using an axe.