Vim is great but ancient. It was designed on/for systems that just don't exist any more. E.g. looking at the popular keyboard of the time hints at why "escape

Vim is great but ancient. It was designed on/for systems that just don't exist any more. E.g. looking at the popular keyboard of the time hints at why "escape" was such a critical key : https://i.imgur.com/Hn174TJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Hn174TJ.jpg In order to get the most from Vim, you have to take a huge step back and look at your screen configuration and usage patterns. * The escape key is too difficult to reach on modern keyboards, use ctrl-c * Code file sizes are becoming really large. Use search rather than directional navigation/paging to save some time * The search key is too difficult to hit, remap to space * Most people are on a wide screen. So, try to make vertical splits as easy as possible to do. * Folder based search is now very fast and efficient. Use a modified search command (<leader>space) and map it to Rg/Ack There's some good work recently done for vim with language servers. I'm counting on redoing the key mapping once more. IMHO the poor defaults of vim isn't a bug of vim, it's a feature.