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bostondjango on Jan 31, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learning vi -- the "cheatsheet" technique

I was a fake vi user for a few years before I finally decided to sit down and learn it. What helped me get into the "feel" of vi was finally disabling my arrow-keys and forcing myself to use the hjkl keys for movement. It will suck for the first few weeks but eventually you'll notice a significant increase in productivity. Throw this into your .vimrc:

map <Left> <nop>

map! <left> <nop>

map <right> <nop>

map! <right> <nop>

map <up> <nop>

map! <up> <nop>

map <down> <nop>

map! <down> <nop>

GHFigs on Jan 31, 2009 | [–]

NetHack (or Angband, et al.) is another great way to learn hjkl. I can't say you'll notice a significant increase in productivity, but you'll at least get accustomed to the keys.

mapleoin on Feb 1, 2009 | | [–]

or wmii/dwm/xmonad/awesome to a somewhat lesser extent

rw on Jan 31, 2009 | [–]

Is it possible to use hjkl in command-mode?

bostondjango on Jan 31, 2009 | [–]

Yep. I use it all the time.

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