Vim is easy to use, but not easy to learn.
The trick for me, beyond the basics which I had known for eons, was to
create my own cheat sheets. I use tomboy notes. I think it much less
useful to download a cheat sheet. Making your own will start you on
your way to remembering. I keep several, but do what makes sense for you:
* vim command line options, plugins
* folding, movement, editing
* searching, regex, other
* sessions, windows, buffers, tabs
One does not really learn vim. Instead one trains one's finger to
'know', i.e. it is all muscle memory. I have been asked how to do
something and found I was not been able to reply with the answer until I
put my fingers on the keyboard.
As my fingers learn the commands, I remove commands from my cheat sheet
and add new ones. Go slow. Train your fingers with commands before
adding too many. Six mo. ago, I added some of the folding commands. I
was writing more in python and my old ways of navigating did not work
with python's scoping. Now I LOVE syntax folding.
But start with the tutor as other have said. I didn't do this for cheat
sheets, but it might help you write your first ones.
** After the tutor, learn the structure of commands. This is excellent:
http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/10/17/vim-text-objects-the-definitive-guide/
My latest command added?
* :r !<cmd> // Saw this one on this list. Thanks list!
o This runs the command and writes its output in your buffer.
Very handy to get a svn diff into a window next to the file just
diffed.
-d
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David Ohlemacher
Principle Software Engineer
Scientific Solutions Inc.
99 Perimeter Rd Nashua New Hampshire 03063
603-880-3784
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