Any good, beginner-friendly tutorial on IdeaVim? I...

# random

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

Any good, beginner-friendly tutorial on IdeaVim? I've never used Vim before, and I want a source of tips on how to make the transition easier (I'm used to keyboard shortcuts, and I touch-type). Also, is it that big of a sin to remap hjkl to ijkl? I have muscle memory for arrow keys, as most people do nowadays. Any other remaps I should consider? (e.g. Caps Lock to Ctrl?). I'm on a UK layout keyboard if relevant

[ephemient]

1. use vimtutor first (it's a program that ships with vim, or you can try working through https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/tutor/tutor)
2. don't. learn muscle memory for hjkl and it'll carry over to other programs
3. you're gonna need ESC a lot, so I'd bind CapsLock to "ESC on tap, Ctrl on chord with other keys" if possible on your OS
4. even if you don't, Ctrl-[ = ESC for historical terminal reasons

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

don't. learn muscle memory for hjkl and it'll carry over to other programs

Am I likely to find such programs that wouldn't also allow remapping? I'm finding the hjkl hard to adapt to,
I ended up swapping Ctrl and CapsLock, and I'll do Ctrl-[ for the time being.
I've been going thru the tutor file in IdeaVim, and it has been very helpful!

[hho]

Gmail and Inoreader are two webapps that use `j`/`k` and are not remappable AFAIK

[reactormonk]

https://vim-adventures.com/