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VIM is muscle memory to me. I don't usually think about what I'm typing. I just think: 'I want this text over here' or 'I need all these phrases replaced with t
by jvanenk 15y ago
VIM is muscle memory to me. I don't usually think about what I'm typing. I just think: 'I want this text over here' or 'I need all these phrases replaced with this new one' and then my fingers do it...like scratching an itch.
That being said, one still needs to learn it to begin with. I'm lucky that I decided to sit down during college and at least learn the basics. I'm not convinced that it makes sense for every one to learn VIM or Emacs if they are perfectly proficient as they are now. For me, it's the right answer as long as I'm not pairing with some one who doesn't know VIM.
- Yhippa 15y agoI've found that using vi is like driving a manual transmission car after driving an automatic for a long time. There's a brief adjustment period but then it all comes back to me in terms of knowing how to use it. I tend to be lazy and use keyboard shortcuts as much as possible regardless of the OS I'm using. With vi it's basically heaven since they were able to make it a powerful text editor without a modern GUI.