On May 27, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > On May 26, 2012, at 11:11 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >> Talking of educational.. in reference to what you wrote elsewhere >> regarding Vim help, I thought I might mention that there are two >> distinct parts to Vim's help: the ‘user manual’ and the ‘reference >> manual’. >> >> Maybe the following illustrates the difference between the two: >> >> | :h cpo >> | :h user-manual >> >> The user manual provides structured overviews of pretty much every area >> of Vim without going into too much detail. Studying at my own pace, one >> chapter at a time helped find my bearings. Mind you, I mean studying.. >> not printing it and just reading through it.. splitting the screen and >> practising in a scratch buffer until you really know what's there. The >> good thing is there are links to the reference manual whenever you feel >> like digging.. >> >> Once you've worked through that, you will be able to find what you're >> looking for in the reference manual much more easily and what you find >> there will make better sense. > > Thanks, Chris. I was going to say I had no idea there was a > user-manual---until I took a look at the pdf version. In fact, I had a hard > copy of the book, but got rid of it because I couldn't understand it. I went > looking for it but found that, alas, I have indeed gotten rid of it. May have > to get myself another copy. The pdf is too maddening to navigate around in.
Just discovered I hadn't completely gotten rid of it. I'm into a serious "simplifying" jag. Stuff to the dumpster. Stuff in boxes to be taken to Salvation Army, etc. I reorganizing stuff in one box I found the book at the bottom of the box. Thumbing through it it doesn't strike me as incomprehenisible as it did before. Maybe I've learned something. Maybe now I can learn from the book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is an absurd one." - Voltaire -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
