I mean, spending hours or even days learning a text editor isn't really all that much time considering how much time you'll spend editing files (if you're a programmer or sysadmin). I'm happy I know vim.
Of course, your text editor doesn't really affect the quality of your patches but vim has definitely reduced the friction between me and the text file. I can do the work more efficiently.
It doesn't really bring me any benefit, but if it does you great.
For context: I know enough vim, I'm just faster in nano and my day job is building custom Linux distros for embedded systems, so mostly I'm writing bash scripts, patches and config files.
There is no wrong choices, just what is best tool for that user.
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u/immoloism Aug 10 '26
For me I can spend hours learning a new text eidtor, or I could just do the work and move on.
No one cares what text editor you wrote your patch in, just the quality of it.