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Re:I have reached Vim nirvana by ketzo on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:56AM (#34147897)
As someone who always wanted to try Vim out, I thought the Vim keybindings plug-in was a total game changer. I only use it for moving around in and manipulating the text - because that’s all it can do - and it’s awesome. Genuine life change.

Just a little counterpoint basically - I don’t think you need Vim’s entire editor model to get a lot of value out of it!

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Re:I have reached Vim nirvana by doix on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:19AM (#34148019)
I'm sure it is! But I got used to everything following vim logic, so when I use an IDE that doesn't, I miss it/get annoyed.

My comment wasn't meant to dissuade anyone from trying the vim plugins. I was just trying to explain why someone would consider the vim emulation plugins not as good as the real thing.

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