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I started using vim about two years ago. Powering through the steep learning curve was something I knew I had to persevere through as I started my journey into the world of Linux and minimal computing.
Over time I became much more comfortable using vim and it's now my go-to editor. I write all my content for this capsule and my other blogs in vim and I've only now started to realize the dramatic increase in efficiency versus common word processors.
Over the last few days I've had to spend a lot more time in LibreOffice Writer and it felt so clunky compared to vim. I'm not a programmer, so I'm almost exclusively using vim to write prose. And I'll be honest, in the beginning I would give up half way through typing something up because I was spending most of my time looking up a command for something I needed to do. However, over time, muscle-memory kicked in and I started to remember the commands and tricks I used most. The best part is that I'm not even close to realizing the benefits of all the tools available to me.
I hope that one day I can get at least one other person in my circle to start using vim and experience the typing revelation as I have. But until then I'll just keep clicking away and learning more about this fantastic little editor.