You already know to run vimtutor and read :help. Here’s why:
- Smooth, iterative
deepening
means that you can get started with very basic maneuvers: Insert mode, arrow
keys,
ZZ. Give motions and Normal mode a try. As you find places to improve
or change the editor, you can do so with advanced :help topics.
- As Primeagen says around the 1h30
mark, Vim isn’t hard: it’s just different. We have preconceived notions of
programming and editors that Vim doesn’t fit into. The first time you learned
what a file is or how a compiler creates an executable was equally
foreign—you just don’t remember that. I frankly agree that modern IDEs are
more confusing and distracting with all the window cruft they bolt on.
- Vim is ultimately a tinkerer’s tool (in addition to being a ubiquitous Vi):
learn it or don’t, but don’t expect a completely out-of-the-box experience.
Tinker!
Oh, and don’t use a distro if you can avoid it. Prime agrees.
Junk Drawer