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> vim et al are sorta on the verge of being irrelevant even deprecated because there are two things that are getting better: modern languages and IDE's. I don'
by mason55 9y ago
> vim et al are sorta on the verge of being irrelevant even deprecated because there are two things that are getting better: modern languages and IDE's.
I don't spend a ton of time coding any more but do spend a ton of time doing random text editing (properties files, XML, data manipulation, whatever). While I agree that modern IDEs are probably better if you're just doing straight coding I think there will always be a place for a high powered text editor.
Plus, if I'm editing a script on a remote host (random shell script) or just need to make a quick change to something locally then it's much faster/easier to drop into vim than to fire up an IDE.
- SadWebDeveloper 9y agoIMHO vim for editing remote files it's still far too complex, i prefer nano for editing config files and write some tiny shell scripts. I do give you the reason when editing long xml files remotely, vim is superior on that but still i prefer to locally edit the xml file with a IDE because i have the possibility to visually collapse entries and automatically show syntax errors. I know vim/emacs fanboys are going to say that all that it's possible on vim/emacs but still i have to invest time configuring those options and plugins on vim while on almost every IDE or even some simplistic GUI editor like Notepad++ those things come already configured and ready for work.