Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (2007)
by lfowles on Sunday April 12, 2015 @10:38AM
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My biggest problem with vim is that I can get it configured with all of the plugins to emulate a GUI IDE, but it does nothing to help if I can't remember the shortcuts. Off by one character? Whoops, you activated the RootNuker Plugin on Buffer 3. Discoverability is terrible, one of the few things that I feel is actually faster with a mouse.
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Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (2007)
by aidos on Sunday April 12, 2015 @05:53PM
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There's no doubt, vim isn't big on making it easy to find your way around.
I don't think that matters so long as you're methodical in your approach to learning it. It's important to master the basics and then add new tools one at a time.
The amazing thing about vim is that each new command can be composed with your existing knowledge set, so just learning what, say, 's' does gives you a whole lot more power.
Also, while the discoverability might suck, the built in manual is just incredible.
Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (2007)
by lfowles on Monday April 13, 2015 @10:32AM
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This doesn't apply to plugins however, which constitute most of what would make Vim an IDE. Most of the core commands are pretty well thought out and I have a nice keyboard map printed out just in case.
Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (2007)
by MetaCosm on Sunday April 12, 2015 @05:16PM
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Absolutely. That said, I think modern IDEs suffer from huge discoverability problems as well. The truth is, when you have thousands of features, discoverability had to give way to documentation.