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VIM's modal editing isn't remotely simple. There is a huge language to learn, and most keys do not form useful patterns which are easy to remember. The problem
by CJefferson 10y ago
VIM's modal editing isn't remotely simple. There is a huge language to learn, and most keys do not form useful patterns which are easy to remember.
The problem with "you need to invest the time, trust me", I'd the same argument can be used for vim, Emacs, sublime, atom, vscode, eclipse, intellij, and any other editor. I can't invest the time in all of them to become expert.
The difference with Emacs and vim is that they require a sizable time investment just to become competent, as they refuse to fit into the OSes they are running in (in the case of windows and Mac).
- preek 10y agoWell, to make a long story and potential flame war short: My original post was not about VIM or Emacs. It was stating happiness about an editor (Lime) that tries to be easy to get started, yet is open source.
- krylon 10y ago> VIM's modal editing isn't remotely simple. While it is highly non-intuitive at first, one can learn the basics in a day or two, from then on it's mostly transferring what you learn to muscle memory. I suppose one can do more advanced stuff in vim that is more complex to learn, but the basics are pretty easy. (Full disclosure: I used to to use vim for a couple of years but switched to emacs about ten years ago. I still use vi for quickly editing a config file on a regular basis.)