Vim Carnival Entry: "The Motion that Changed Everything."

Fedifriend and fellow vim-addict Hyde is hosting what's called a "Vim Carnival", where someone sets a topic and encourages others to blog about the subject at hand concerning vim. With permission, I'm going to slightly modify the subject to apply to nvi, but the option I will be explain also works in vim. First, a little background (read: ADHD oversplaining go BRRRR!)... Background I've been using vi and vi-inspired text editors for over a quarter century. I think I probably first tried it on a VT320, couldn't figure out how to quit, and never wanted to try it again 😄. Then, either in 1998, when taking a class on Unix Shell programming, or in 2000 (when I switched my personal laptop over to Linux full-time for the first time) I decided to sit down and properly learn vi/vim, and managed to learn the basics well enough to get around, though not particularly gracefully. I distinctly remember being asked to create a document when I started working as a Unix Security Analyst in 2002. Being…