Helix supporters often cite the object-action paradigm as preferable to vi's action-object. I find this argument moot: you can work in object-action fashion in

Helix supporters often cite the object-action paradigm as preferable to vi's action-object. I find this argument moot: you can work in object-action fashion in vi as well if you remember to begin your sequence with 'v' (possibly at the small cost of an additional keypress in some cases).