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One thing I think a lot of the naysayers here are missing is that you don't sit down and read a book on vim -- or even this stackoverflow answer -- and immediat
by dionidium 15y ago
One thing I think a lot of the naysayers here are missing is that you don't sit down and read a book on vim -- or even this stackoverflow answer -- and immediately expect to begin using all you've learned. It takes time. And it's painful at first. But it's a lot like gripping a tennis racket correctly or properly positioning your fingers at a piano. Your default method is indubitably the most comfortable -- by definition -- but the payoff of attempting the more difficult path can be likened to the magic of compound interest.
- NickPollard 15y agoEvery week or two, I teach myself one - ONE - new Vim technique/keybind/trick. Right now, I'm teaching myself { and } for jumping paragraphs. In a couple of weeks, that will become muscle memory. Then I pick something new. I know probably less than 0.1% of Vim, and I still find it better than any other editor I've used. One day I hope to reach 1%.
- alnayyir 15y agoBut I already know how to use Emacs and have been using it for years. I can navigate around vim but there's little advantage to me for using it when I can do almost any fathomable task in Emacs up to and including use viper-mode (vim emulator that works really well).
- atomicdog 15y agoExcept disregarding over three decades of human-computer-interaction progress is not the "proper" way of editing text.