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I've always hesitated on VIM because it seems like such a behemoth to learn. Do you have any resources/guides to using/setting up/customizing VIM?

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The only thing you need to read about Vim to get started is here: http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressiv..., the rest is learned pretty much by the following principle:

1. Detect inefficiency for a particular task 2. Find a faster way to do it 3. Make it a habit

You can learn more about this approach in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6K4iIMlouI

Awesome thank you very much.

Now if you really wanna get that extra motivation, I highly recommend you to watch this introduction by Derek Wyatt. For me, a few minutes into the video were enough to stick to all of his videos, truly amazing guy.

vimeo.com/6999927

I hope this is not too off-topic in a ST thread.

I don't think so. I'll be watching anything you kind people linked me.

Those are the exact same steps it would take to learn to use Sublime Text!

Plus you already know half of it because it uses the same shortcuts as every other program in the world.

I finally began to retain vim knowledge by using vim adventures, a browser-based game that teaches vim commands: http://vim-adventures.com

This is exactly what I've been looking for!

Run `vimtutor` to whet your appetite, then use vim full-time and enjoy a brief 2 weeks of Googling things every time you get stuck.

Getting functional with vim takes only an afternoon.

I've done vimtutor countless times and I still haven't retained any of it haha.

I think in this case it's more dedication - getting over that initial "hump". Probably worth it; at least for the experience of doing it once.

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