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This may be a factor for brand new devs, but everyone who uses vim already has it setup, by definition. One time setup cost is a small factor in choosing an ed
by dahfizz 4y ago
This may be a factor for brand new devs, but everyone who uses vim already has it setup, by definition.
One time setup cost is a small factor in choosing an editor. Stability and ubiquity are more important IMO.
- callahad 4y agoAny sufficiently complex "one-time setup cost" quickly becomes an ongoing maintenance quagmire. And I say that as a full-time neovim user for the past seven years. Neovim is still my favorite vi, but I think I erred when I started bolting on so many plugins and supporting processes... when I want a lightweight IDE, I'll use VS Code.
- aussiesnack 4y ago> One time setup cost is a small factor in choosing an editor. Perhaps for you, but empirically for devs as a population, this is very clearly false. A large part of the reason for VSCode's near-takeover for new devs in the last few years is its frictionless setup for almost everything.