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It's intuitive once you already know what it means and have sunk dozens of hours into memorizing what the shortcuts do /s
by jzymbaluk 10y ago
It's intuitive once you already know what it means and have sunk dozens of hours into memorizing what the shortcuts do /s
- HiroshiSan 10y agoNext you're going to tell me you don't know quantum physics...
- MichaelGG 10y agoI did VIM Adventures. Then I installed VsVim for day to day work. A while later, it just makes sense. I'm so fast, it's like magic. Vim macros alone make it worth it. At any rate, I never spent much time memorizing keys. I'd look up a thing or two, apply it, and it'd just sink in.
- cpdean 10y agoActually it takes more like 2 months for the Stockholm Syndrome of vim to sink in and then you don't want to use anything else ever again.
- Spivak 10y agoAnd that's not a bad thing. I don't think it's right to call Vim intuitive unless you're used to reading a book to understand 35% of the features of an editor. But Vim isn't about being intuitive, it's about being efficient. Once it 'clicks' you will be able to express incredibly complex text manipulations in only a few keystrokes. And with configuration you'll build the most powerful but comfortable environment that you'll miss anywhere else.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIn other words, Vim is a professional tool, not a toy for causal user. It offsets steeper learning curve for much more powerful and efficient way of editing text. It's a feature.
- Asooka 10y agoThat said, it would benefit A LOT from having a more discoverable interface. See what kakoune is doing in that space: http://kakoune.org/ http://kakoune.org/
- moosingin3space 10y agoWhen it comes to discoverability, I really like what Spacemacs is doing with its continuous suggestions UI.
- cpdean 10y agoYeah vim isn't intuitive to beginners, but "intuitive" to people that have the context of knowing how the parts fit together.
- numeromancer 10y agoVim is not built for quickness of learning, but for the learning of quickness.