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Draedus
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I want to give Vim a try. Any advice to find my way around easily ?

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  • 2
    Search laracasts vim
  • 4
    There's an online game called VIM adventure or something like that, which you might find useful
  • 1
    Try one of the vim browser games
  • 5
    Start with a tutorial on how to quit it
  • 4
    It's not so hard to quit it . It took me ony 2 years to figure it out :)) .
    I'm looking for a cheatsheet or smth . I'll take a look at laracast .
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    Thank you !!!!
  • 1
    use hjkl as often as you can, it really helps. only go in insert mode if you want to write something, always go back to normal with ESC.

    I can recommend the app vim masters (on android). It is a quiz for vim commands at all difficulty levels that you can do on the train or something.
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    Try vimtutor (a textfile which you get wehn installing vim).
    And just force yourself to use vim.
    Vim browser plugins / qutebrowser are also very interesting.
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    Use it. Just like that. At first it'll be tough, you'll google a lot. But after some time, you'll start using few basic movements like a boss, so you can try more tough combos (like my personal favorite gg=G for code reindent).

    Note #1: Don't be sad if you will just repeat combos from i ternet, you will undrestand them later

    Note #2: Once you start automatically using Vim controls on other programs, your tranformation is complete

    Good luck.
  • 0
    Start by installing vim-nox
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    My advice? RTFM
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    Crtl + x
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    @fun2code "Neovim is an extension of Vim: feature-parity and backwards-compatibility are high priorities." - https://neovim.io/
    So yes, plugins are compatible
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    @succcubbus I never understood Neovim. I know it was rewritten from scratch and it's because of maintanability, but does it affect me as user? No. And besides, most stuff from Vim works there, but not all.
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    1st thing you need:
    Press esc, type :h(elp), enter. Read as much as possible. Exit with :wq (save & quit), or :q! (hard exit)

    2nd thing you need:
    https://vimgolf.com/
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