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Re: "Vim, the editor, the notekeeper and the IDE"
After a couple years of vim only, opened emacs and seemed completely idiotic and I couldn't remember how to do anything
Aug 29 · 2 days ago
☕️ Aptor-theHobbit [OP] · Aug 29 at 14:49:
I know how you must have felt. Its one of those thing that only another vim user can understand. Have you ever tried explaing the vim-way to a non-vim user ? After couple of minutes of logical explaination, looking at the confusion at their face, I realize, this is something that can not be explained. Vim needs to be experienced and unfortunately only select few has that much amount of patience and will to learn and adapt.
Vim, the editor, the notekeeper and the IDE — Some of the vim shorcuts which gets used a lot has become past of the muscle memory after few years of using vim. I am still learning new functionality almost everyday. Its like knowing someone very well and still be surprised every now and then after finding out new and interesting things about them. Vim is familiar, moving hand to the mouse feels weird when using any other text editor. Few days ago I had to use a Windows machine (😧), and I had to...
💬 Aptor-theHobbit · 4 comments · 2 likes · Aug 28 · 4 days ago · #note_taking