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I used to use Vim exclusively, but realized it got me into a bad habit of not separating files out well. The hassle of switching files makes me tend to create
by silisili 5y ago
I used to use Vim exclusively, but realized it got me into a bad habit of not separating files out well. The hassle of switching files makes me tend to create fewer of them, which can make it harder to find things later.
I still love it as a pure text editor, but for code, I've gone to an IDE and don't see myself returning.
- bee_rider 5y agoI have nmap Tl :tabnext<CR> nmap Th :tabprev<CR> nmap Tn :tabnew<CR> in my .vimrc, to make it more convenient to work with multiple files.
- marklgr 5y agoYes, if you want/need an IDE, by all means do. Vim is an editor, a very powerful one with all sorts of tools, but it's generally ill-advised to try and make it work like an IDE. As far as I'm concerned, as a grey beard sysadmin, I don't need an IDE, so I value more the advanced editing features of Vim and I've been happy with it for years (more than I'd like to admit).