I have to disagree here. I've been programming for about 17 years now (since I was 8) and I've used a lot of different types of editors across different languag

I have to disagree here. I've been programming for about 17 years now (since I was 8) and I've used a lot of different types of editors across different languages. I have to say that my LEAST favorite of all editors are the ones that try to do anything for me. Code completion, auto-closing quotes or tags, etc etc... it frustrates and distracts me to no end. After spending a little under a year learning vim, I've found that while I make the occasional error in command mode, nothing has helped me "think in code" quite as well. I'd say most of my time is spent thinking while programming anyway, but when I am typing, nothing has made me faster than vim. "Small" things like "hmm, I don't like what's in this block" can be as slow as reaching over to the mouse and selecting a bunch of code by hand, trying very hard to be precise, or typing "ci{". Which is easier? Perhaps I've been missing out on all these years on the true power of IDEs and not using them to their full potential, but when it comes to programming, I like to be the one typing, not some fool machine. Do I occasionally make mistakes? Of course. Is my overall output better because I have fewer distractions? Absolutely. Of course, that's just me. I know plenty of people who are a lot faster with autocomplete and auto-quote closing and everything else.