Everyone has their preferred setup, so I guess it is cool that this exists for that reason. But come on! Learning vim bindings is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Once you’re hooked you’ll hate any non-mode based editors.
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Re: Modeless Vim
#32Everyone has their preferred setup, so I guess it is cool that this exists for that reason. But come on! Learning vim bindings is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Once you’re hooked you’ll hate any non-mode based editors.
Guess I never got hooked!
Re: Modeless Vim
#33As both an avid vim and emacs user, and a lover of both:
This is heresy!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Modeless Vim
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I started using this because my favorite editor (micro) has very poor syntax highlighting for ruby. It's a very specific use case but it's quite nice and I'm considering switching to modeless vim
You claim that you forget Vim keybindings, but then you have this on your about page: email: echo soaper.:.disroot.:.org | sed 's/.:./@/; s/.:././'
What’s that have to do with Vim keybindings in particular?
Re: Modeless Vim
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I started using this because my favorite editor (micro) has very poor syntax highlighting for ruby. It's a very specific use case but it's quite nice and I'm considering switching to modeless vim
You claim that you forget Vim keybindings, but then you have this on your about page: email: echo soaper.:.disroot.:.org | sed 's/.:./@/; s/.:././'
We all have limited capacity to learn stuff. If I didn't already know Vim, there's very little chance I'd have the motivation/time/energy to learn it for the first time now.
Re: Modeless Vim
#36Why not just use nano where all the common operations are labeled clearly at the bottom of the screen?
The author answers that in the linked thing, the short of it is for the vim features that nano doesn't have.
I feel like if yiu want a fully featured IDE with language highlighting, debugging breakpoints, and code completion, but at the same time you want more ergonomic user interface, you should just use VSCode instead of doing everything in the terminal
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#37Conceptually the reasons the author give for this (syntax highlighting and other features of vim outclass other terminal-based editors) make total sense.
That said there's something absolutely defiling about this. It's like installing a V8 in a Tesla, or replacing the pumpkin in pumpkin pie.
I love that it will make VIM more accessible for more people, but I hate how they do it. Kudos to the author.
Re: Modeless Vim
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
You claim that you forget Vim keybindings, but then you have this on your about page: email: echo soaper.:.disroot.:.org | sed 's/.:./@/; s/.:././'
What’s that have to do with Vim keybindings in particular?
I was just saying that if one can remember sed syntax, Vim's should be easy to follow.
Re: Modeless Vim
#39> This configuration is not meant for the aficionado who prefers vim over graphical editors. This is meant for people who normally use GUI editors (like VSCode), but sometimes need an editor that can run in a terminal.
So it probably not for many people here. But I like it although I use vim as IDE when doing remote development.
Re: Modeless Vim
#40See also: https://github.com/tombh/novim-mode (Plugin to make Vim behave more like a 'normal' editor)