On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 10:23:57 AM UTC-5, Amit Christian wrote: > I came across this webpage > (http://vimcasts.org/blog/2013/02/habit-breaking-habit-making/), which > recommends to stop using j,k,h,l and arrow keys and promote use of other more > efficient keys to browse through the code. I am intermediate level of Vim > user. > > I have disabled (temporarily) the use of j, k, h, l (using HardMode vim > plugin). It has been a little challenge to work with the code since then. But > I know it will help me to be more efficient with Vim. > > - I have so far used, w, b, e, ge etc to move around the lines. > - Also have been using f + character to move through the line. > - And have been using little bit of marks and / search to find through the > code. > > > Here is my question: > > I find it still difficult to go to next lines or browsing up or down through > the text. Can any one please help me with efficient use of working with text > without a usual j,k,h,l use? Are there resources or help on internet? What > are your strategies to work with text? > > Thank you for your time and reading this.
I think my decision about disabling hljk (even temporarily) may not be good. I userstand that it is not recommended to disable an inbuilt capability. But In my case, I am just getting used to many other motion keys. As I pointed out, I am beginner/intermediate level vim user. Still learning to get around things. I have already learned a lot from this forum. Thank you all for it. Here are some of takeaways so far (for me). - Use <number>jkhl,w,e,b,ge etc. - Use relative numbers. - Use easymotion plugin. (which is pretty awesome!) - Use / for search. Start using marks for quick yanking/delete. (for example, to copy a block, mark at the start (ma). Go to end of the block, type y'a to copy, or d'a to delete. - Use control+o in insert mode. (e.g. control+o+3j) etc Please share any other tips/suggestions you may have. Thanks. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
