What are the most-used vim commands/keypresses?

Question

I\'m a Ruby programming trying to switch from Textmate to MacVim, and I\'m having trouble wading through the gargantuan lists of things you can do in VIM and all of the keyp

Answer 1

I can't imagine everyone uses all 20 different keypresses to navigate text, 10 or so keys to start adding text, and 18 ways to visually select an inner block. Or do you!?

I do.

In theory, once I have that and start becoming as proficient in VIM as I am in Textmate, then I can start learning the thousands of other VIM commands that will make me more efficient.

That's the right way to do it. Start with basic commands and then pick up ones that improve your productivity. I like following this blog for tips on how to improve my productivity with vim.