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My wife was unimpressed by Vim (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by LinearArray@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 24 points 6 months ago

Go watch a dev who is competent with vim/emacs and you will feel like a 7 year old on a tablet. I didn't give neovim a try until I was thoroughly embarrassed with my ability as a professional text editor (software dev).

Is it the motions you don't like or the editor itself? After 3 days with the motions I could never go back.

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 17 points 6 months ago

Are there any videos of this sort of editing, because honestly every single person I've watched use Vim has just been like "oh wait that's the wrong thing.. hold on." constantly. You're going to say "they aren't competent" but that's kind of the point - approximately nobody is competent in Vim because it isn't worth learning.

Even so, I'd be interested if there are any videos of pros doing real editing (not "look what I can do") on YouTube. Anyone know of any?