Vim Recipes: A Cookbook For The Vim Text Editor

The Vim text editor is perhaps as famous for its learning curve as it is for its contributions to productivity. Vim isn't "intuitive" in the way other applications claim to be - you cannot use it by simply replicating the actions you perform with a word processor, by clicking on menu items aimlessly until you achieve your desired effect. But this is by design. The major strength of Vim is that it does things differently to magnificent effect. It permanently alters the way in which you regard text editors and software in general. And that is why, in 2009, I am putting the finishing touches to a free book about a text editor whose ancestry can be traced back to 1976.

This book is written to be consulted when you're looking for a better way to perform a task. It does not replace Vim's excellent built-in documentation, but complements it by focussing on tasks rather than commands. It will always be incomplete by virtue of Vim having more features and extensions than I have years alive, but will hopefully still serve as an indispensable reference.
In addition to being free, this book is open source. The files from which it is compiled are freely available, for you to examine and, hopefully, improve. In any case, I would enjoy hearing any feedback you have. Contact details are in the Contributing section, and you can e-mail me at the address below.