Modal editing was always the upsetting thing that I had to do when pico wasn't available on various servers. I don't remember what won me over, but it really do

Modal editing was always the upsetting thing that I had to do when pico wasn't available on various servers. I don't remember what won me over, but it really doesn't take much to get a fairly large editing boost out of using VIM. A couple years in, I still barely use advanced features like macros and such but I still feel it's a big productivity boost. I used a barebones atom install a few months ago for a livecoding presentation I did, and it drove me up the wall.