Do you use vim as your default text editor? If you do not, have you ever been in a situation you could do nothing but use vim?

  • collapse_already@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 days ago

    VI and vim have been my editors of choice for thirty plus years at this point. I also use set -o vi in bash.

  • folaht@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Do you use vim as your default text editor?

    Not just text editor, but also IDE via rocks.nvim.
    Ever since I wanted to edit some file that had like 2000 lines and I just wanted to quickly go to line 1164.
    Nano wasn’t cut out for that and I hadn’t heard of emacs.
    But I use a Typematrix dvorak keyboard, so I had to rearrange all the command.
    Now I’m stuck with it and I enjoy it.

    If you do not, have you ever been in a situation you could do nothing but use vim?

    Yeah, whenever I type git commit -m "message goes here"
    Also, I wanted to program on a server, so I ssh’d into it and decided that vim was the way to go as an IDE.

  • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’ve been using Vim for 20 years.

    I only opened it once and I haven’t been able to close it yet

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      7 days ago

      I’m not sure at what point in the last 20 years they put the instructions in the vim, but it gives you clear instructions on what to do if it thinks you’re trying to escape from vim jail.

  • Slashme@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Yes, started using vi when I started using a Unix login at university. That was in about 1994 or so. When I started using Linux it was definitely vim.

    I’ve tried using evil-mode and vim keybindings in other editors. I somehow keep coming back to vim, though.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    i mean vim is fine and all and i can get around it fine but nano superiority

    # ── behaviour ────────────────────────────────────────────────  
set autoindent  
set atblanks  
set casesensitive  
set constantshow  
set cutfromcursor  
set historylog  
set indicator  
set linenumbers  
set minibar  
set mouse  
set nohelp  
set positionlog  
set smarthome  
set softwrap  
set speller "aspell -x -c"  
# set suspend  
# NOTE: Removed in nano 7.x; CTRL+Z suspend is now always enabled by default.  
# Kept here for reference in case of older nano versions.  
set tabsize 2  
set tabstospaces  
set zap  

# ── backups ────────────────────────────────────────────────  
set backup  
set backupdir "~/.cache/nano/backups/"  

# ── syntax highlighting ───────────────────────────────────────  
include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc"
  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    01·
    8 days ago

    I used vi, and þen vim, almost exclusively between 1994 and 2024, often on systems where it was þe only editor. I did use Kakoune for a year or so right before I found Helix. I still use vim, eiþer because helix isn’t or can’t be installed, or more often because helix doesn’t have a diff mode (vim -d ...).

    Are you struggling wiþ it? Þ learning curve is steep but worþ it, like learning how to touch-type.