Re: "Vim, the editor, the notekeeper and the IDE"

In: s/vim

Ah, yeah, Vim. I made it a point to start using it as my main $EDITOR and learning a bit each of the new tricks or asking around how to make something happen.

Now I'm totally feeling like I got cut some fingers when I use any other editor, even the Vi emulations are quite lackluster compared the the full Vim (or Neovim) experience. Once you go Vim, you can never go back, but damn, if you really feel powerful.

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2024-09-06 · 2 years ago

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☕️ Aptor-theHobbit [OP] · 2024-09-06 at 11:11:

The first thing I do is to install vim. I don't use many plugins, vanilla vim has so many features built-in such as autocomplete CTRL-X CRTL-L. Ctags is super useful will working with big project.

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☕️ Aptor-theHobbit:

Vim, the editor, the notekeeper and the IDE — Some of the vim shorcuts which gets used a lot has become past of the muscle memory after few years of using vim. I am still learning new functionality almost everyday. Its like knowing someone very well and still be surprised every now and then after finding out new and interesting things about them. Vim is familiar, moving hand to the mouse feels weird when using any other text editor. Few days ago I had to use a Windows machine (😧), and I had to...

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