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How to use Vim: 1- Don't use it. 2- Use Nano or Gedit lmao.
Until those are not available.
This is a pisspoor attitude to have, just fire up vimtutor and you will know how to use it in no time.
Unless you're a sysadmin who deals with very obscure systems, you'll always have access to nano, so why bother?
Vim elitists love to brag about how cool Vim is, but pretty much never properly elaborate. Why should I learn all those obscure commands to just edit some text? What's the point?
I learned them and basically never use vim.
I use sed if i need to change things with a pattern, cat the file if i need to see the contents, use head or tail if its too much to fit on the screen.
If I am writing code, I use a code editor. Emacs and vim can do a lot, but they can also fuck off.