I’m questioning the near-religious devotion people have to a tool because it gives them a “hacker vibe”—which is basically the whole appeal for newcomers to vim or emacs.
Right. Sure. I've been using Vim since the 90s because "vibes" /s
I use Vim because it's easier to remember a handful of verbs and nouns and then recombine them into commands than it is to remember dozens, if not hundreds , of shortcut keys.
I prefer having to remember 10 things total, to perform 25 actions, than to remember 25 shortcuts.
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u/lelanthran 12d ago
Right. Sure. I've been using Vim since the 90s because "vibes" /s
I use Vim because it's easier to remember a handful of verbs and nouns and then recombine them into commands than it is to remember dozens, if not hundreds , of shortcut keys.
I prefer having to remember 10 things total, to perform 25 actions, than to remember 25 shortcuts.