As a sysadmin, I can totally relate to those thoughts. If you run nonstandard, you basically have to learn vim/vi as a default install for an OS and another wi

As a sysadmin, I can totally relate to those thoughts. If you run nonstandard, you basically have to learn vim/vi as a default install for an OS and another with all your add-ins and customization. Sure the key bindings are similar, but I don't have my macros and why is my tabbing funny, there's no line numbers, and damn it, the backspace key doesn't work. I forgot I set that in my .vimrc. Sure, I can remember most of the latter with set tab and set no, but when you're popping around systems, switching to root (with it's on .vimrc), keeping applications as stock as possible is very helpful. I personally have a slightly custom .vimrc for my local use, but I don't rsync my dotfiles across the globe for my other home directories. I basically try to keep it as code development (with .vimrc) and sysadmin (may not have niceties, but I'm not editing code).