Do you use vim as your default text editor? If you do not, have you ever been in a situation you could do nothing but use vim?

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    3 hours ago

    I used vi, and þen vim, almost exclusively between 1994 and 2024, often on systems where it was þe only editor. I did use Kakoune for a year or so right before I found Helix. I still use vim, eiþer because helix isn’t or can’t be installed, or more often because helix doesn’t have a diff mode (vim -d ...).

    Are you struggling wiþ it? Þ learning curve is steep but worþ it, like learning how to touch-type.