Every now and then someone asks me how to learn Vim.1 My answer is always the same: it’s simpler than you think, but it takes longer than you’d like. Here’s my bulletproof 3-step plan. Just kidding – everyone asks me about learning Emacs. But here we are. ↩︎
I’m new to the Linux programming scene, I’m a chemist but have been learning as a hobby and did a little BASIC and Pascal as a child, and from my experience and research the best three steps are:
sudo apt install nano
nano [filename]
ctrl+x
I’m being somewhat facetious, but haven’t enough knowledge to know if it’s better/powerful than nano, still a real green noob.
I get it, I was the nano guy before trying vim, now I can’t go without vim, and beleive me I’ve yet to unlock full vim potential.
Try micro
VIM is waaaaaaaaay more powerful and faster than nano. I personally use VIM motions in emacs. That’s how efficient I find them.
Maybe
samcould be worth a look? It’s basically GUI multiplayeredon steroids.