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> Why is it that you believe the only reason why a vi/emacs user could believe those environments are faster to edit in is because they don't use IDE's? Anecdo
by brandonmenc 6y ago
> Why is it that you believe the only reason why a vi/emacs user could believe those environments are faster to edit in is because they don't use IDE's?
Anecdotal, personal experience, including seeing constant outright incorrect claims about graphical IDEs in threads like these.
The claims usually take the form of: "I use vi/emacs because I can do xyz using only the keyboard" - where xyz is something that most IDEs maybe couldn't do 15+ years ago, but which they all can do today.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoI see this a lot from those who prefer IDE's. It's not generally that people are saying it's impossible to do in an IDE, just that it's slower to do, and generally more awkward. Just the other day on reddit I was having this "discussion" with someone, in which they claimed that because they have "find in files" in their IDE it's equivalent to vim `grep -iRl whatever`. In reality I'm going to do what you're trying to do in a fraction of the time. IDE's have their advantages, but speed is not one of them.