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I started Vim when the internet went out once and, bored, I finally tried `vimtutor` on the debian command line.

It just opens vim to a txt file that incrementally explains how to make basic edits. I was instantly hooked when I realized how much time "o" and "O" alone would save me over.

I almost never use Vim these days because I was too lazy to port my .vimrc + Vundle plugins to a new laptop at some point, but I use a Vim-mode in every editor I use, even the browser.



My vimtutor experience was redoing it in the subway for a week. That got some muscle memory in :)


Just set up a dotfiles config with git and pull it on all your devices.




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