Comment by jakkinabox

My setup on Ubuntu is as follows. I use a drop down terminal called Yakuake. It drops down from the top of my screen when I press F12. From there I can create a ruby document by typing

vim example.rb

You don't have to use or learn all of vims features straight away. I probably use 1% of it but I like it. :w to save, :wq to save and quit.