Re:Getting started with vim
by rco8786 on Sunday February 19, 2017 @12:50PM
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The comment below from MichaelGG sums it up perfectly for me:
> Easiest way to think of it is to think of how frustrating it is watching someone do everything with a mouse, not knowing any shortcuts. Clicking File -> Exit instead of the window's X. Or deleting a whole line of text just to change one word. Not knowing Ctrl-X/C/V.
Vim(and I guess emacs) are another layer on top of that.
> Easiest way to think of it is to think of how frustrating it is watching someone do everything with a mouse, not knowing any shortcuts. Clicking File -> Exit instead of the window's X. Or deleting a whole line of text just to change one word. Not knowing Ctrl-X/C/V.
Vim(and I guess emacs) are another layer on top of that.