• grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Just get used to

    • using movement (hjkl),
    • going between insert and normal modes (i and esc),
    • undoing (u from normal mode),
    • and saving (:w and :wq).

    Don’t try to do it all at first, just get comfortable with the essentials. You can even just stay in insert mode (the only mode in most editors) at first.

    Keep a vim basics cheat sheet handy for a couple weeks as you’re building in muscle memory, then slowly work in more advanced techniques and combinations.

    It doesn’t take long before you start having a lot of fun just manipulating text.

    PS here’s a decently basic cheat sheet I found: image describing basic vim keyboard bindings and commands

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I always forget about :wq, mainly because escing out of interactive mode and hitting ZZ is so much quicker.