Ask HN: Why do you love your text editor?

Re:Ask HN: Why do you love your text editor? by sixtofour on Monday May 16, 2011 @11:39AM (#2552859)

Vim.

I'm used to it (20+ years including vi).

Finger memory. Sometimes I don't know how I do things, they just get done when I think about it. When I show someone something in Vim I sometimes have to slow down and show myself first.

There's always something new to learn. That keeps it fun.

Emacs and Vim can do the same things, differently. Long use is what makes a good editor, or IDE.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you love your text editor? by tompickles on Monday May 16, 2011 @01:13PM (#2553287)

I like that avoidance of the vi v Emacs war; but I do agree. You do good work in the editor which you both know and have used.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you love your text editor? by sc68cal on Monday May 16, 2011 @04:58PM (#2554145)

I'm addicted to Vim's modes & shortcuts. If use an IDE, I end up installing Vim emulators in VS2010, Eclipse, or NetBeans.

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