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You know, I could never get into using vim. All the hotkeys and commands seem really counter-intuitive. Maybe because it wasn't my first, but i find Nano and Je
by Daegalus 14y ago
You know, I could never get into using vim. All the hotkeys and commands seem really counter-intuitive. Maybe because it wasn't my first, but i find Nano and Jed far more useable day to day for quick editing than VIM. And I love how there is so much work trying to get VIM to be a IDE. I have found that Intellij is an IDE that can pretty much handle any language, Has bindings for almost anything and works well. If not, I just use a different IDE.
In all honesty< I havent found a language I that I use that I can't work on in VIsual Studio or Intellij.
I just could never use VIM or Emacs. Seemed like I was trying too hard to make it do something that it wasn't intended to do.
Then again, i do see the other side of VIM that could be awesome if I could ever learn to use it, and its powerful scripting and plugins. Maybe if we could take Nano and add the power of VIM without the horribly counter-intuitive usage of VIM.
- johncoltrane 14y ago> Seemed like I was trying too hard to make it do something that it wasn't intended to do. This is a very common mistake, really. Vim is different. Not embracing this difference will only result in frustration.
- Daegalus 14y agoWhat I meant by that actually, was everyone says to use it as an IDE, but it felt like I was trying too hard to make it work like an IDE, than accept ti for what it really is, just a text editor with some useful scripts.
- johncoltrane 14y agoNot everyone. A few blowhards with blogs. You were just following what seemed like an universal truth. There's nothing really wrong with that. Most of Vim users simply take it as it is and don't waste other people's time misleading them.