Vim is at its best reading text files,perhaps moreso than for editing them. I have to use an IDE or notebook environment a lot now, but when I'm trying to make

Vim is at its best reading text files,perhaps moreso than for editing them. I have to use an IDE or notebook environment a lot now, but when I'm trying to make sense of a folder full of source files I always break out vim. This is where the mouse-free operation (though modern vim has OK mouse integration) and the close relationship with bash/sh/zsh shine.