I'm a fairly amateurish Vim user, but can get around well enough to do most of the text editing I need. I mostly use it for setting stuff up / editing config files, etc. when SSH-ed into my servers.
Never having trained as a touch typist, I don't see the supposed advantage of using H,J,K,L to move around. I find the arrow keys much more intuitive, so I use them instead. I've also mapped alt+arrows to move from pane to pane in split windows. I find those two "deviations" from the standard key-mappings pretty much remove the biggest irritations I have with finding my way found in Vim.
Everything else is just stuff that will sink through repetition.
Never having trained as a touch typist, I don't see the supposed advantage of using H,J,K,L to move around. I find the arrow keys much more intuitive, so I use them instead. I've also mapped alt+arrows to move from pane to pane in split windows. I find those two "deviations" from the standard key-mappings pretty much remove the biggest irritations I have with finding my way found in Vim.
Everything else is just stuff that will sink through repetition.