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Heavy shell and vim user here, but I simply cannot imagine how this might be convenient. A bunch of readline-style shortcuts will do the job just fine. And they
by urxvtcd 4y ago
Heavy shell and vim user here, but I simply cannot imagine how this might be convenient. A bunch of readline-style shortcuts will do the job just fine. And they are everywhere. SSH, database prompts, even login screens support them.
- stevebmark 4y agoPreemptively justifying something more efficient that you haven't used, because what you have is "fine," is a behavior I see from heavy Vim users when they justify not using IDEs, which are much more efficient than Vim for writing code. (I'm also a heavy Vim user, and IDEs are so much nicer for coding, especially efficiency). So, I'd say your story checks out.
- urxvtcd 4y agoI did try this mode some time ago and found it really inconvenient. Also I'm not a person to dismiss IDEs, and I never recommend Vim to anyone I know as a better way of coding. No hard feelings, I see how you might have read that from my comment.
- lambdaba 4y agoPrograms that use readline can be configured to use vi mode via inputrc. For the few that aren't you can always use rlwrap. Overall there's no downside.
- LanternLight83 4y agoI hadn't heard of these options before, thanks for highlighting them.