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Other editors don't require nearly the same effort to learn because features are (typically) easily discoverable via the menu bar, or use standard shortcuts. I'
by spekcular 5y ago
Other editors don't require nearly the same effort to learn because features are (typically) easily discoverable via the menu bar, or use standard shortcuts. I've never used VSCode in my life, but I bet you a dollar that control-C copies, control-V pastes, and control-F brings up a search dialogue. I also would bet that if I want to split a pane, I can figure out how to do that my mousing around the menu in under ~30 seconds.
Whereas, trying to do pane-like things in vim requires Googling (more efficient in my experience than trying to use the built-in manual) and then reading some stackexchange answer that devolves into a philosophical discussion about the merits of buffers versus tabs.
- inykt 5y agoI think that the journey that you went through (philosophical discussion about...) is more important than just going on with your life which is made easy in VSCode. This eventually gives rise to a community. Like I can assume that hacker news readers can (or figure out how to) exit vim without using any search engine.
- nyx 5y agoI, uh... should preface this by saying that vim is my main editor, and I always install a vim plugin if possible when using a different one. It's great, it makes me faster, etc. etc. Alright, that aside, when all is said and done I think a lot of people just want to edit their file. Parent comment about having to go to Google to do simple things makes a good point, and the response that "actually, I think having to read a bunch of troglodytes arguing with each other on Stack Overflow is an important part of the experience" is the kind of thing that makes it hard for everyone else to take vim fanatics seriously.