jtinsky is using python regular expressions and trying to do it in Vim

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GVIM: Practice Makes Perfect 14 months ago

I’ve been practicing GVIM by using it every day at work but I’m far from perfect. This reminds me of learning to surf. It was SO frustrating. I knew eventually it’d be fun but the learning curve was long and steep.

I truly admire people who are fluent in VIM. Jealous even…

There are tons of options and just figuring out how to set them and then how to make them persist is a challenge. I’m getting there though and my work is only about 5 times slower then when I do it in TextPad – a huge improvement from the 20 times slower of early last week.

Oct 02, 2008, 03:01PM PDT


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tropicflite

me too

I’ve also been working with VIM, and it’s been the steep learning curve that everyone warns about, but I’ve been enjoying the ride. I’ve been using the vimtutor and it’s a huge help. I have to admit I’m working slower for the time being, but that’s also partly because I’m learning to touch-type at the same time. I guess I’m a masochist!

Jan 25, 2009, 07:29PM PST | Respond to this


 

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