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Learn Vimscript the Hard Way is a short book for users of the Vim editor who want to learn how to customize Vim.

Before reading this book you should be comfortable using Vim and know what terms like "buffer", "window" and "insert mode" mean.

LVSTHW is divided into three sections:

  • The first covers basic Vim commands that you can use in your ~/.vimrc file to customize Vim quickly and easily.
  • The second looks more deeply at Vimscript as a programming language, covering things like variables, comparisons, and functions.
  • The third walks through the creation of a sample plugin intended for distribution to other Vim users.

Currently the book is a work in progress. Once it's finished you'll be able to buy ebook and possibly hard copy versions. If you want to get on the mailing list to know when it's officially completed you can sign up at Learn Vimscript the Hard Way on Leanpub.

The book is copyright 2011 by Steve Losh, all rights reserved. You can redistribute it as long as you don't make any changes and don't charge for it.

The source code to the book is available on BitBucket and on GitHub. If you find any mistakes or feel you could improve it feel free to send a pull request, but I'm retaining the copyright on the book for now, so if you're not comfortable with that I understand.