Quickly start using Vim (and MacVim)

tomo — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:41:00 +0000

November 7, 2015

You've decided learning vi/vim is a good idea. You've heard it can be intimidating at first. But you know often times tools with steep learning curves are worth learning. You probably already have vim installed but if you're on Mac you should get MacVim as well: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim

Start vim (I mean just type 'vim' or 'vim <filename>' in a terminal.

1. Don't start typing yet. Press 'i' to go into insert mode where you can just type and text appears like any normal text editor. Just stay in this

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