Vim has tons of small, ingenious features and is capable of many smart hacks. Most of them might be relevant... once in a while. But „once in a while” means that when the time comes I won t remember they are available, or how to actually use them.Remembering Clippy[0], I have written a snippet for .vimrc that gives me a random advice (hint / feature / hack) when starting vim. It is not certain that I will need it here and now, but at least I will refresh my memory, and maybe I will be tempted to try it and internalize it during the session.Many (at least half) of the hints are taken from Drew Neil s wonderful Practical Vim . Highly recommended!The hints are written in a terse manner. If you are new to vim, few of them will enlighten you on the spot. But the others might still pique your curiosity. Just explore further using :help... or read Practical Vim .The idea is that eventually you will curate `vim_hints.txt` on your own, adapting it to your needs (and your memory).[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant