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[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go through the tutorial. It is quite good and teaches things incrementally with real world examples. Just run vimtutor to start.

[–] Simmy@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But why learn all that? Nano user here.

[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Depends how much time you spend in a text editor. If it is just for a few config edits and stuff, honestly there is little reason to learn. The real benefit is if you spend a lot of time editing text due to the time saved using more powerful commands. There is the additional benefit that vi/vim is installed on practically any Linux box, so you will almost always have a familiar editor to hand in an unfamiliar environment.