Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi
This run-though of some vi and Vim essentials has been doing the rounds over the last couple of days—well worth reading if you’ve taken either editor for a spin and ended up confused or frustrated (which is usually what happens when anyone tries vi/m for the first time!).
The section on the insane flexibility of copy ‘n’ paste in the two editors is particularly good—the moment I came across that stuff in Vim’s
:helpwas the moment I stopped using other text editors.
Source: onethingwell
