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Can someone explain to me why people still use Vim and Emacs? Is it more efficient than GUIs like Sublime Text? I only ever use Vim for quick edits and fail to
by NYCHacker 12y ago
Can someone explain to me why people still use Vim and Emacs? Is it more efficient than GUIs like Sublime Text?
I only ever use Vim for quick edits and fail to see how one can be more effective in it when you can't click and highlight text.
- Watabou 12y agoI can't convince you that Vim or Emacs is more convenient than Sublime Text. You will have to find that out on your own. And yes, you can highlight text, using Visual mode or the mouse.
- KhalPanda 12y agoI just find Vim so much faster. There is a learning curve (http://www.thejach.com/imgs/vim_learning.jpg http://www.thejach.com/imgs/vim_learning.jpg), but once you're over that curve, you can't stand regular text-editors anymore! Fewer key-presses and your hands not needing to leave the keyboard (or at least, infrequently) = fast. I should add, I don't just use Vim, I use the IdeaVIM plugin for PHPStorm and Webstorm, for development zen. :-)