I think surround is so deeply nested in users workflow that it's almost like an official one. It's the only one i'd go as far as to adding it to your course, but potentially you could think of a chapter on vimrc, which skyrockets your productivity (but is also quite advanced)
Yes, in a narrow sense. I would say I know it well enough now to edit code faster than using a regular editor.
It would be difficult for a lot of people to say they've fully learned vim though, since it has a lot of things to discover. Many people who've been using vim for years still find out new tricks. This aspect of vim is appealing, in a way.
I kind of get where they're coming from, but I hope all my messages in this thread have made it clear: If you want to learn vim, please try all the available free resources before considering vimified, or any other paid option.
I used vimtutor and openvim and they were great starters!
It was only when I tried to find something to fix my specific problem that I stated in the top comment, did I build this.
Sorry, I meant 8 chapters. I read through the 34 lessons. I suggest you take a look at typingclub. 700+ lessons free of charge. Repetition, and metrics are the selling point. If you incorporate that model in vimified I think you’ll have way wider adoption.
After reading Practical Vim by Drew Neil I went to his site to check out what else he has. Well he's selling a course that looked like the majority of what he's covered in the book. When I saw the $150 price tag I couldn't believe my eyes.
I left the site and bought his other Vim book instead.
Thanks for asking, I initially had them like you suggested but with the way I was doing it, it made it kind of hard to make responsive. For the hero especially, the words didn't line up without lots of adjusting.
I'm not really good at css though, so there's that.
You gain access with the email you use to purchase (the buy button is all the way at the bottom, which I could with improving its location). Thanks for letting me know!
Nope. If you're already comfortable in your code editor of choice and like it, there's no good reason to switch.
However, if you've seen people use it in real life or in youtube videos, and think that it's cool being able to execute precise and fast commands without needing to move your hands from the keyboard, to edit code exactly how you want to, definitely try it!
Thanks for asking, I actually have practiced vim on shortcutfoo.
It is really good for remembering shortcuts for regular desktop applications, but I felt that it wasn't really meant for learning a code editor like vim.
It did not have an interactive code editor, with the ability to edit lines of code inside of it. In addition, it does not measure progress in terms of speed and # of keystrokes, so you aren't able to see how you could improve. If I recall correctly, it is just meant for remembering the command keystrokes and typing them out (kind of like using flashcards).
Also, as of right now, shortcutfoo is $8 monthly, but it allows access to all shortcut courses.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, I used shortcutfoo a few years ago.
- space, k for documentation on the thing under the cursor
- space, [yp] for copying/pasting to the system clipboard
- m, [ai], [acfo] for selecting around/in language structures
This is easy because Helix has a very fast command palette thing, and a lot of its commands are behind consistent prefixes, so if you know `mi(` for selecting within parentheses, you can do `mi` to ask "what other things can I select within?"
In addition to surround, what other plugins do you think beginners should almost always use?