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> copying/pasting with OS clipboard support It is supposed to be in vim, but I always forget how to use it and the few time I tried it just didn't work.
"+y / "+p Is generally what you want (named buffer +). http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard I used to keep forgetting too, and then I started using it a bit (on Windows, where selecting text and shift-insert doesn't work).
set clipboard=unnamedplus
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Not trying to diminish the use of multiple cursors (I have certain fondness for them despite not using them extensively due to my choice of editor), but using regexes you can still do that (i.e. with /^/ and /$/, which I use constantly with vim-style search and replace)
Pressing ctrl-d a couple of times, seeing what will change, and typing something is most of the time easier and faster than thinking about a regex. At least that's how I feel
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Not trying to diminish the use of multiple cursors (I have certain fondness for them despite not using them extensively due to my choice of editor), but using regexes you can still do that (i.e. with /^/ and /$/, which I use constantly with vim-style search and replace)
Pressing ctrl-d a couple of times, seeing what will change, and typing something is most of the time easier and faster than thinking about a regex. At least that's how I feel
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Find and replace on steroids, meaning the flexibility of moving the cursors around in all instances of a find and making edits near the beginnings and ends of lines, for example.
> Find and replace on steroids For people who don't know regular expressions...
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Find and replace on steroids, meaning the flexibility of moving the cursors around in all instances of a find and making edits near the beginnings and ends of lines, for example.
> Find and replace on steroids For people who don't know regular expressions...
The best feature of vim is its ubiquity; I feel at home on almost any computer. I find myself shying away from anything too specialized that could become a crutch, maybe to my detriment.
Same here. That is, until I find out that only vi's there and not full-on vim. While vi is smaller and even more ubiquitous, it pains me that it lacks visual mode.
This looks interesting, but the last commit is 5 months ago. Is the project still in active development?
No multi cursors? :(
What is the use of multiple cursors? Something that does not boil down to copy-paste programming. UPDATE: From the answers below, I see that the point is the immediate visual feedback it gives.
Every one of the listed features is also available in Vim. I fail to see how this is either Sublime-like besides the keybindings (since a file pane is available on both Emacs and Vim) or will cause me to leave Vim or Emacs behind. That said, I can definitely see this replacing Nano for some folks.
I am a part time vim user, and generally like it, but sometimes I find the mental load of the key bindings too high. Anything more complex than d, and I have to stop a moment and think about it. In that time, I can just hit the cursor keys (and Home, PgDn, ...) a couple of times.
It's a trade-off: Do I use a bit of mental power, and save some finger movement? Then I go for the vi way. Or do I use less mental power, and delegate tasks to my fingers and eyes to do autonomically? Then I go for the sublime / notepad / VS way. I might press the arrow key a couple of times, overshoot, go back, ... it may look inefficient, but it's not slower, just a different use of resources.
I've been looking for a Sublime style editor for the terminal for ages. Actually, way before sublime, I've been looking for an edit.com style editor - Nano is one thing, but I want one that respects CUI-like conventions. Shift for selecting, CTRL+C for copy, .... I will definitely check this out.