I was going to disagree with you, but after thinking about it I don't think I do. Vim is a great program that would completely shit the bed if stdout was a pri

I was going to disagree with you, but after thinking about it I don't think I do. Vim is a great program that would completely shit the bed if stdout was a printer. However, vim's interface is shit, regardless of how well it works after using it long enough. It's notoriously hard to learn, and the vast majority of non-programming users, IMX, know enough to open a file, make a modification, and save it. Vim would be better if it had a GUI (one more extensive than gVim); that's exactly why SublimeText, Atom, Visual Studio Code, etc. are all so popular. They're vim (they all have vim key extensions), but with the GUI that makes them easier to learn and use. No, they don't have a perfect analog for that one super obscure feature that only you ever use even though you tell other people how great it is all the time, but that's because they're newer programs with fewer features, not because they have a worse interface. Even programs like top really work better as a GUI. Being able to sort and scroll the list easily, or get contextual information from a process with the mouse is better. Top is good, but it's limited, and not a substitute for a more complete process monitor.