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Name: [9521] Justin Lilly
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This is an intro tutorial on getting around in vim. It contains information on moving around, editing, copy + paste, and saving. It should be what's necessary to get you up and functional in Vim. I'll have a higher quality version of this video on my blog (http://justinlilly.com)

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19. bootux Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:38

good intro


18. MIke Thu, 20 May 2010 01:30

Really helpful introduction, found new tip of using. Thanks!


17. Buffalo Billion Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:35

Awesome tips; thanks!


16. Jiawei Zhang Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:12

Nice presentation.


15. anonymous Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:31

Wonderful tutorial !~~

Thank you very much :)


14. Rizwan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:29

Good tut for newbies like me


13. anonymous Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:37

This video just made me want to try and learn how to use vim.

Kudos for sharing this short informative video


12. Ricky Wu Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:19

Good for newbie of vim


11. Ricky Wu Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:19

Good for newbie of vim


10. anonymous Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:58

The tip about Sokoban was great. Thanks for useful videos.


9. anonymous Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:38

Thanks, I am always learning something new about vim... it would be cool if you guys had a video on how to best setup a python.vim script to support python code (maybe you have one already -- I haven't looked thoroughly yet)... did not know about set number


8. anonymous Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:20

Thanks for the helpfull screencast. One question that I'm sure others have asked is why would I want to use vim over an EID. I realize it's been around for along time and it was very useful in the past when you wrote programs from the console, but does it still have some useful features over todays replacements? It seems a lot of effort just to move about and such. Thanks for the info


7. anonymous Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:55

I had this guy at work, he uses vim 24/7. Honestly, he can do anything that I do using any IDE using vim. So, I was like, what the hell, lets learn it a bit. I liked your video .. I just have to say that :)


6. Jack Atkinson Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:47

Awesome job, Justin! I'm glad someone got around to doing this, because I haven't been able because of work and family right now. I still plan to do a VIM tutorial, but I like your quick intro!


5. anonymous Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:39

solarwolf (pygame) is a nice game to play and learn to use h,j,k,l keys too. But at first, it will be hard because it's a "fast" game not ike nethack or <forgotten />

great video. i use every day vim but it's always nice to watch to see if i miss some cool tricks in my "arsenal" ;-)


4. anonymous Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04

Review of Vim Intro

Nice tutorials Justin. I'm a regular vim user and enjoyed the review as well as a couple pointers you use I didn't know yet. Keep up the religion!


3. Kyran Dale Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:40

btw Justin, you're a trusted author now so can publish your own videos, after making sure we encoded them correctly.


2. Kyran Dale Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:38

Loved it - just by knowing these few things one is up and running and productive in VIM - then one can spend the next 20 years or so learning all the cool tricks. Fine, well-paced, effective. Couldn't ask for more.


Kyran Dale Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:35

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Kudos and Thanks for Justin
An Introduction to Vim Macros

After watching some other screencasts about Vim and using it for a while I noted author used k several times instead of gg. I mean, c'mon! ;)
warjan 16 months ago
Vim: Installing a Color Scheme

thank you man!
gricso 17 months ago
Vim Intro

good intro
bootux 18 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

I love emacs but I realize that I need to learn vim.

Videos like this. takes away the boring parts

and turn the learning process into something fun

thanks!!!

I value your work!!!
Andres Kwan 19 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Very helpful video. It would be better if it was a higher quality video.
Paul Lindberg 20 months ago
Vim Selections

Thanks. Now your voice was more clean than the vid before. Better :D
xpilz 20 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Really helpful. I needed an example like this of using makros.
xpilz 20 months ago
Vim % operator

I am enjoying the VIM tutorials. Thank you very much, sir!
Pete Smith 20 months ago
Vim Intro

Really helpful introduction, found new tip of using. Thanks!
MIke 21 months ago
Vim Selections

I´d knew that vim was awesome but I not wondered that it could do it \o/
Marco 21 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

I installed my NERD_tree plugin exactly as prescribed but I get "Ambiguous use of user-defined command" when I try to run it.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Frank
Franklin Russell 21 months ago
An Introduction to Vim Macros

Good work and please thanks for helping us to learn.

Keep it up.
fred 21 months ago
Vim Intro

Awesome tips; thanks!
Buffalo Billion 21 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Thanks Justin.. was really useful
cp 22 months ago
Vim Selections

nice work :) i like it
Wolf 23 months ago
Vim Selections

Very fast, but very helpful. I watched some of your videos multiple times in order to recall all the cool tricks. A search video might be helpful, too. Thanks!
Lisa 23 months ago
Vim Selections

Hi, nice tutorial, well presented and organised - thanks!
Seb 24 months ago
Vim Selections

Thanks that was very usefull
carlos 24 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Thanks! I was actually trying to figure out how to install the snippetsemu plugin. However, I don't think you explained how to install vimball, which you have to do before you can install .vba plugins.
Alex Robbins 25 months ago
Vim: Installing plugins

Great video tutorial. Thank you
anonymous 26 months ago
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