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A few hints to get reasonably good, fast (in vim):

Use w, W to jump words at a time.

Use v before moving to select as you move.

This works together, so vw will select to the next word boundary.

Press i to insert text, escape to stop inserting text.

Next: in the :help files, you will find a hint that tells you a direct shortcut for that command (like :help quit, or :help write, or just plain :help).



I personally already use vim, actually prefer it when I remote to servers.

I guess my point is just that it seems to me a lot of people (not necessarily you guys) use vim as some kind of cargo cult.




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