I'll see your "are you sure?" and raise you one. :) Are you sure that vi/vim have many people who use them and that those tools are "world wide famous" because

I'll see your "are you sure?" and raise you one. :) Are you sure that vi/vim have many people who use them and that those tools are "world wide famous" because of such superficial reasons? Isn't it possible (and far more likely) that there is some substance to their reasons? Use whatever tool works best for you. I use vim because it is far and away the most efficient way to edit text - especially code. Anytime I have to use something else it's amazing how sluggish and tedious it feels to do the most basic operations - it feels a lot like trying to run in knee-deep water. I've extensively used many (most?) of the major editors on the planet (including many obscure ones) over several decades. I had to be forced to use vim at first because it seemed so terrible. Believe me, it's not my editor of choice because of some randos at Google, haha.