As a programmer I spend a lot of hours at the keyboard and I've been doing it for the last 12 years, more or less. If there's something I've never gotten used to during all this time, it's these annoying and almost unconscious constant micro-interruptions I experience while coding, due to some of the most common code editing tasks. Things like a simple copy & paste from a different line (or even the same line), or moving 1 or 2 lines up or down from the current position require too much typing or involve the use of the arrow keys ...and it gets worse when I want to move further - I end up using the mouse. Now imagine this same scenario but on a laptop.
我一直在考虑学习VIM，但掌握它所需的时间总是让我想后退一步。
我想听听那些学会了它的人的意见，如果它最终成为你生活中不可或缺的东西之一。
在工作中，我使用VS2008, c#和r#，它们一起使编辑代码比以前更快更容易，但即使如此，我认为我可以享受根本不需要使用鼠标。
甚至连方向键都没有。
I'd say vim is definitely worth learning. I picked it up last summer, and it is now my editor of choice for just about everything (java is a stretch, but doable when I don't need extensive analysis support). As everyone has already affirmed, it is a wonderfully efficient tool.
For what it's worth, I only learned a fairly small subset of vim's features (which took a day or two) from a graphical tutorial, and a few odds and ends from here (long read), and the search and replace functionality, and I was hooked. I've learned things since then, but at my leisure. I'd say the learning curve flattens out at this point, but then, I was using it pretty heavily and was surrounded by others who were, too.
Vim绝对值得学习，以下是部分总结前面所述的主要原因:
Vi/Vim can be found on most unix systems.
Vim allows you to easily code without taking your hands off the keyboard.
If you plan you configure anything in a unix based system likelihood is you going to be editing a fair few config files, therefore you'll want to learn a terminal based editor, of which vim is one of the best (sorry emacs).
Vim compiles/has precompiled binaries for almost every OS out there. No need to post "I need a textmate alternative for [insert OS]", you'll have Vim instead!
There are a lot of good plugins out there to add alot of functionality, such as in-editor cvs diffs, although some of these require a fair amount of tinkering.
另外，如果您喜欢Vim键绑定，也有一些ide在它们的编辑器中包含了Vim绑定，用于简单的命令，例如Komodo Edit。
要获得学习Vim的帮助，请尝试在终端中输入'vimtutor'并按照说明进行操作。还有一本书是特别好的Hacking Vim
只需学习16个键的含义，就可以从vim中获得良好的功能:ijkdbw9:q!%s/nNEsc。只需要i:wqEsc就可以完成基本的构造。
你需要知道的前两个键是:Esc将你带入命令模式(你开始的模式)，i将你带入插入模式(正常输入)。
为了拯救你需要
退出打字模式(Esc)
键入冒号:
输入小写字母w然后回车
要保存并退出，你需要这样做
退出打字模式(Esc)
键入冒号:
键入小写wq然后回车
不保存并强制退出，你需要
退出打字模式(Esc)
键入冒号:
小写的q!然后输入
要了解更多信息，可以在命令行上运行vimtutor。这是一节中等长度、结构合理的课。
除了i和Esc:你可以复制或超越一些MS Word功能，只需要jkwbd3:%s/nN。
b带你回到一个单词(Ctrl+←)
w带你前进一个单词(Ctrl+→)
9w带你前进9个单词
db删除前面的单词(Ctrl+Backspace)
D3b删除前面三个单词
9j向下移动9行
输入将带你到单词“ornithopter”的下一个实例，然后n和n分别到“ornithopter”的下一个和前一个出现。
:%s/ confaded /dangfangled/输入每一个“confaded”替换为“dangfangled”(就像在Word中查找和替换all一样)
这些都应该在“命令”模式(Esc)下运行，而不是在插入模式(i)下运行。
