[oclug] Vim Rulez (was Programming Wars - Final Results)

[Raymond Wood]

> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> 
> > me that his people were coding HTML in *gasp* Vi!
> >     I said, "Wow you're right! Show them Vim right away!"
On 14 Apr 2001, at 12:38, Jon Earle wrote:
> I personally hate vi*.  I prefer something like joe for my editing needs.

Vi(m) is easy to hate until the inevitable learning curve is surmounted.  
Then it suddenly becomes quite indispensible  :)

Honestly, it took me between a half and a full year of plodding away 
learning all the 'undocumented features' of the darned thing before I could 
actually say,  "Wow, now *this* is productivity!"

There are still a few vi(m) cheat sheets posted at 
http://www.magma.ca/~raywood/vim/
for anyone who dares to take the plunge  :)

Raymond