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Re:Vim 101: How to Start Using the Text Editor for Developers by meddlepal on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:40AM (#21344057)
> It's as much about living on the command line and 10-15 years of having Unix a ctrl+z or tmux split-pane away.

I press F12 in my IDE and I get dropped into a terminal or I can just open XTerm independently... I don't follow how this is a valid argument against IDE's.

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Re:Vim 101: How to Start Using the Text Editor for Developers by rvense on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:00AM (#21344210)
Maybe it isn't one.

I wasn't really providing advice on what the objectively optimal setup (lol) is, I was just explaining how I work. My point was just that vim keybindings are not a very big part of why I like this environment.

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