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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I learned vim in college when I needed to edit files over ssh. It's incredibly impressive as far as cli editors go, but I just don't see how it's more productive than a well set up ide with hotkeys.

[–] Hexarei 1 points 7 months ago

Most of the productivity comes from the motions; Being able to jump around the text incredibly fast, combining motions with actions and repeats, it's unparalleled in the sheer speed. I can delete an entire function with the same basic pattern Id use to delete a word.

daf -> Delete the current function my cursor is on daw -> Delete the current word d3af -> Delete the next three functions

Stuff like that, but with everything

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