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Re:Abandoning VIM by smoyer on Saturday September 08, 2012 @03:20PM (#4493721)
I use both VIM and an IDE for the very reasons described in the article. You just can't ignore the productivity gains of a modern IDE when refactoring, etc. But VIM is great for remote work and when you're creating new files and code.

It's also possible to change the key bindings in Eclipse to emulate Vi.

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Re:Abandoning VIM by herval on Saturday September 08, 2012 @03:55PM (#4493815)
How much of your time do you realistically spend remote coding via an ssh connection, though?

I know enough of Vi to get by in that situation, but I wouldn't force myself into using it on my day to day just for the sake of "using the same tool" or something.

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Re:Abandoning VIM by smoyer on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:04PM (#4494157)
Not much at all anymore ... our processes try to be a lot more refined ;)
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