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Wot? The whole point of vim is that it is 100% customizable and non opinionated about what keys do what. The default mapping are what they are...but they really

• adamc 12y ago
  That seems crazy to me. A huge fraction of the value of something like vim (vi-clones specifically) is that I can find it on any machine and use it as-is... that isn't going to be true if I expect different keymappings. Even in emacs, I try to use the default mappings for standard things and just supplement them with added features.
  • roblabla 12y ago
    TBH, I'll almost never use vim without my configuration files. The only times i might do this is if I need to do a very quick edit to a config file, in which case typing at 50% efficiency isn't going to hurt that much.
• base698 12y ago
  That is not the whole point of VIM, this is more in line of what you could call a point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim#answer-1220118 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most...