it's not about vim's infallibility - I consider vim ugly, weird, too powerful and ad the same time limited and I'm a ST user. I was just referring to the fact t

it's not about vim's infallibility - I consider vim ugly, weird, too powerful and ad the same time limited and I'm a ST user. I was just referring to the fact that by learning its keys and basic modal principles, you can afford not to learn 70% of the fucked-up keystrokes and menu driven functionality of other otherwise good editors or IDEs. Just learn the 30% that is really unique and useful (GUI stuff, advanced refactoring etc.) and "drive it like it's vim" for other features. This way it becomes like driving cars: 90% of car functionality is the same for all cars so I can jump into any car and drive it - maybe not for best safety and performance, but it works for me.