Speaking as a passionate vim user, If you're on dvorak, the advantages of vim are reduced quite a bit. The normal navigation keys are poorly placed, and the mos

Speaking as a passionate vim user, If you're on dvorak, the advantages of vim are reduced quite a bit. The normal navigation keys are poorly placed, and the most commonly used keys are in hard-to-reach places. However, at the same time, the statement "I feel trapped, like I can't see all my code at once, and I can't easily search around or explore." screams to me that you haven't even looked at the vim navigation. I suggest you stick with learning vim, but look up cheat sheets and search for effective ways of navigating your code. Hint: ctags and ctrl+] is amazing for jumping around -- a tag stack is more or less essential IMO. the '*' (search forward for word under cursor) is also very useful.