> not too mention that vim became hip only in the last couple of years.
Wait, what? Vim has been in use for a lot longer than that (it was released in 1991), and vi even longer (1976).
Re:Neovim
by andrewflnr on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:16PM
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"Hip" does not mean remotely the same thing as "in use".
Re:Neovim
by AliceWonder32 on Saturday February 22, 2014 @12:17PM
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Yes but emacs was for more popular than vim for awhile.
saying it's converting vim users left and right is a little far fetched. most of those users never had any real vim muscle memory to begin with. a lot of "vim" users i saw work just fine without motion commands. the only reason they used it was because they could use it anywhere. whether it's modal or not is totally irrelevant to them.