• N3Cr0@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There is no point in typing the “m” in vim. Just edit your files with the vi shortcut.

  • Cypher@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    This is bound to be an unpopular opinion here but I hate vim.

    Shortcuts in vim make no sense whatsoever. They’re not the fastest possible shortcuts nor are they intuitive.

    Sure it’s got useful features if you let the awful design brow beat you into memorising an absurd number of shortcuts that lack any form of logic.

    You could have a cheat sheet on another monitor but at that point why not have an editor that has a gui.

    • kazaika@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Its more about using your own shortcuts if you dont like some which is what you should do whatever editor you use

      • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        So then what makes vim special? From what I understand it’s just a “standard” for shortcuts to features that can be shared between different editors, right?

        • crater2150@feddit.de
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          9 months ago

          The special thing about vim are the different modes. In a editor which does not support modal editing, you can’t bind a letter key directly to a function, or else you can’t type that letter any more.

    • drmeanfeel@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I was shoved into Linux by a nearly dead HPC expert who was definitely angry about the advent of electricity.

      Wasn’t given any indication of a text editor, I ran across vim for one reason or another and enjoyed his Palpatine-like reaction from seeing me using vim enough to keep using it. And if you’re enjoying something, why not

      But yeah, it has some drawbacks lol

      • pineapple_santa@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        Having a mentor like this is unfathomably valuable. The kind that knows exactly when a printer problem should be fixed with a sledgehammer and are not afraid to apply the “fix”.

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    lol if you can’t use vim.

    Who cares that you can cut a perfect miter joint with a jig and a table saw when you can’t cut a butt joint with a hand saw.

    • 342345@feddit.de
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      9 months ago

      I looked up miter joint and butt joint and I’m beginning to understand what you wanted to say.

      Yes, maybe.

      It doesn’t hurt to know the basic commands to insert, copy, paste with vim. But with bim, handling the tool always consumed a too big percentage of my attention in respect to doing the task at hand. I still use it for small file changes.