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I would argue that vi(m) is more user-friendly by being more upfront about its learning curve.
by majewsky 7y ago
I would argue that vi(m) is more user-friendly by being more upfront about its learning curve.
- adamsea 7y agoI think that is different from being “user friendly”, where “user friendly” means “the UI for this application is as intuitive as we could make it do that a wide range of nontechnical users are able to comfortably use this application with a minimum of formal instruction.”
- CarlRJ 7y agoVi(m) favors “easy to use” over “easy to learn” - which is the right tradeoff for a tool that one can use for hours a day for decades. Though I always liked the line, “Vi is user-friendly - it’s just picky about who its friends are”. (BTW, “ZZ” is usually the right answer to quitting/exiting - still funny to see, decades on, people teaching “:wq<return>”.)
- iudqnolq 7y agoThank you. I just learned I've been exiting vim wrong for years.