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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.
I'm not struggling with vim since I sticked to nano. Personally to me vim appears kinda legacy, it's not bad if one uses it, but I just have nano. It is like oldschool phone keyboard - it still does the job perfectly, but I'm not using it. However, some people argue, that vim is still the only available text editor on some setups, so it is highly recommended to know it.
only if I have to
Yes in SSH terminal,
Yes in vscode,
Yes because I use TUIs that use all the same bindings and they're great one you get the vocab.
Yes as Hyprland bindings, k9s, etc etc etc etc
I use nano for quick edits and vim for longer stuff or things that need better find and replace.
i usually just use nano
Yes, I've used it as my main editor for years now.
Wanted to, but lacked the motivation to learn it. Was stuck on one occasion without nano, so I pulled up the vim cheat sheet on my phone.
Not if I can help it.
I tried it but I prefer "Comet" for the tough jobs. /s
I don’t, but I know enough to get by with it. I’ve never really been interested enough in editing things in the terminal to learn anything more than Nano.
Micro for basic stuff I find it better than nano or VScode for code stuff. I'd like to try neovim at some point.
Micro is always my go-to
No
I started using vim several years ago, I found out how to close vim but I could never quit 😔
I've had to use vim once or twice. It's... fine. Not really my thing. I'm a nano guy (or, ideally, VS Code).
Yes I do all the time. But there are occasions where I have to use Vi as there's no Vim.
No, but I'm interested in using something more advanced than nano but I have no real need to.
I use Neovim as much as possible but Jetbrains C# just has a really nice debugging experience (with Vim mode on, of course). I still use Neovim for reading C# and doing some small edits and it works really well when reading what the LLM wrote.
It's hard to beat stepping through a method until you hit an exception, go into a catch block, ctrl+O until you hit the last line before the exception, breakpoint, skip to top of method and rerun.
vscode for coding multi file projects, vim for quick config file, bash script, etc. edits.
I'm at the point where I'm considering moving to vim because I'm sick of the lack of good defaults on Nano and Micro for quick edits, and I'm also tired of IDEs breaking my flow with poor defaults that pop open UI components which must be navigated differently depending on what it is, or just switching back to the mouse every couple seconds.
Just haven't made the jump yet because I want to sit down and go through all the hot keys in one go, including for global stuff like tmux, the DE, etc.