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It is simply not possible for me to disagree harder with everything you said. I don't think at all about editing text. Using vim is so natural, and so, so much
by 2023throwawayy 3y ago
It is simply not possible for me to disagree harder with everything you said.
I don't think at all about editing text. Using vim is so natural, and so, so much faster.
I watch my mouse-bound colleagues when they screen share on an almost daily basis. It's painful to watch. I am far faster with vim.
- swah 3y agoMy impression is that Vim feels faster (busier hands) but most likely very similar actual speed to a proficient VSCode/Intellij user with shortcuts and mouse. I find myself enabling and disabling the plugin every now and then. It feels fun until it conflicts with my VSCode use and I remember that the objective is not to use Vim but to work on the code, deliver my tasks, etc.
- stevebmark 3y agoHi throwaway, ask your mouse bound colleagues to rename the file they're editing, then do it faster in Vim ;) I'm just kidding, hopefully you were sweating a little though. I'm a Vim power user as much as anyone, and multiple cursors replace 80% of complex editing tasks in Vim (and are way nicer to work with over macros, because you get instant feedback), and a good IDE replaces the next 15% of what I use Vim for. Vim is a text editor, not a code editor, and I mostly work with code. For the other 5% of what I want to do, I don't really miss it. Like using q: (meaning q-colon). A critical shortcut to use in Vim, if you don't know it and q/ you probably shouldn't be using Vim, but I don't really miss it. In fact pressing up/down arrows in VSCode's search box and command box do the same thing, now that I think about it.