Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
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Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#2Why is that a NEWS?
It seems quite old to me.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#3I've been using vi for 10 years and i didn't know about the '.' command.
I've been writing macros whenever i needed to do stuff like that.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#4I want to meet a dvorak keyboard user who is passionate about vi.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#5I want to meet a dvorak keyboard user who is passionate about vi.
I'm a Colemak user and still really like Vim.
I have to do a bit of mapping to get things comfortable but still it works well for me.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#6I've been using vi for 10 years and i didn't know about the '.' command. I've been writing macros whenever i needed to do stuff like that.
It seems quite powerful, but overall vi still overwhelms me with all the options and functionality...
I'm trying to learn more about vi/m (and emacs) as I get more into Linux development, but I think a lifetime of Windows has damaged me, mentally
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#7I want to meet a dvorak keyboard user who is passionate about vi.
Pleasure to meet you. Not sure how much passion you require. I'm not exactly head-over-heels with vim, but I have been using it for about 7 years and dvorak for about 3.
Anything in particular you want to ask?
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#8I've been using vi for 10 years and i didn't know about the '.' command. I've been writing macros whenever i needed to do stuff like that.
It seems quite powerful, but overall vi still overwhelms me with all the options and functionality... I'm trying to learn more about vi/m (and emacs) as I get more into Linux development, but I think a lifetime of Windows has damaged me, mentally
In fact learning vi/m is a lot like learning to play a music instrument.
It is a pain to start using vim. But if you reach a certain level you start improving more and more. Concerning vim, it should takes some weeks to be as efficient than with notepad.
I written this article which also might help you:
http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressiv...
Don't give up! It will pay faster than you think.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#9At this point, particularly on news.ycombinator, surely the article should be about "Why, oh WHY, do those #? nutheads not use vi?". It seems a majority of people believe it is better, certainly a majority of the vocal crowd.
Re: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?
#10I'd be interested to know how much of the stuff presented in the article is actually present in plain vi (not vim). If you mean vim, then say vim, not vi. They are two different things.