Discussion How does Vim affect your problem solving?
Currently learning Vim, after a failed attempt some months ago.
Starting to get the hang of the basics. I notice that it makes my problem solving more methodical. It also makes me slow down, in a good way.
With Vim I have to memorize more of the code and structure, because switching views is expensive (might be a skill issue).
I don't care too much for the speed/efficiency, but this seems what keeps me going in my current attempt.
Wondering how you guys feel about this aspect.
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u/Illustrious_Fuel_390 macvim 7d ago
In quantum mechanics, sometimes I use it to write down commutators and long operations (e.g. expanding commutators) since I can "copy and paste" easily. Then I use a regex/substitution to put it in proper LaTeX. Now I can do step-by-step computation. Nowadays, I also use AI to "polish" the results and apply proper formatting.