On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 04:15:37PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote: > Still, as I imagine many are, I'm a bit intimidated complexity > of the commands and the steep learning curve. So, I'm wondering > if there are any ordinary, nonprogrammer writers here who've > gotten comfortable with Vim as a writer's editor -- or is that > just ridiculous to think of?
Not at all. I don't program other than writing occasional shell scripts. Most of my use of Vim is for writing prose. Using anything else for composition and editing is unthinkable. Whenever I try to use a word processor or other editor for writing, the document ends up with unwanted auto-formatting and tell-tail Vim commands in the text. Go through the vimtutor included with the program, but also read the user manual (:h usr_toc). It is based on the book "Vi IMproved--Vim", which is an in-depth tutorial. The user manual is truly excellent. -- Scott Bicknell -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
