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My wife was unimpressed by Vim (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by LinearArray@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 41 points 6 months ago

I refuse to see how vim and emacs is worth learning. I only use it because that's the only option when editing server files. Beyond this, I couldn't imagine coding in these environments from scratch.

[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 24 points 6 months ago

Go watch a dev who is competent with vim/emacs and you will feel like a 7 year old on a tablet. I didn't give neovim a try until I was thoroughly embarrassed with my ability as a professional text editor (software dev).

Is it the motions you don't like or the editor itself? After 3 days with the motions I could never go back.