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Me giving advice about text editors (lemmy.world)
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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn't matter we will tell you either way.

  • Instead of simply shortcuts, vim uses "chords". Every new shortcut I learn can be combined intuitively* with all the other shortcuts I know.
  • Because of this there's no faster way to edit files than Vim in the hands of an experienced user.
  • this let's me spend almost no time editing code, freeing up the rest of my time for swearing at piss poor documentation.

* I use "intuitively" here in a way that not merely stretches, but outright abuses the definition of the word.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for telling me all this neat stuff! :D

I think I get what you are intending to imply by the word "intuitively"; it's that it eventually becomes as reflexive and fluid as touch-typing itself.

Gosh you make it sound almost like you play Vim like an instrument more than use it...!

Honestly that sounds cool ^_^

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

I think I get what you are intending to imply by the word "intuitively"; it's that it eventually becomes as reflexive and fluid as touch-typing itself.

Exactly like that!

It's also another source of the many "I can't exit Vim" jokes, because it is now genuinely disorienting for me to try to edit text without Vim key bindings.

Gosh you make it sound almost like you play Vim like an instrument more than use it...!

That's a great analogy. It does very much feel that way.

Honestly that sounds cool ^_^

It is pretty cool.

Wether it's really worth the learning curve is probably unique to each person that tries it. But for folks who need to edit a lot of text a lot of the time, it's pretty great.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's intuitive if your previous editor was ed(1) and you're using an ADM-3A-like keyboard.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

It's intuitive if your previous editor was ed(1) and you're using an ADM-3A-like keyboard.

Exactly! Ha!