Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi?

Don't ever start using vi. After you do, any text editor that you are forced to use that doesn't have vi key bindings will give you fits and make you cry. Learning vi is your standard process of enlightenment and elation followed by a lifetime of disappointment. Think about how you'd feel if you ate the best meal of your life at age 13, and the restaurant where you ate it went out of business the next day. You'll be…

I basically started learning Vim because.. well it was a hipster thing. The first two years, I really did not know how to actually learn it. All I would do is enter insert mode, move around with arrows and ":wq". But then after 6 months, I started with basic commands, like "55gg" to move to the 55th line etc, "G" to the last line and "gg" to the first line. Then came buffers, I started opening multiple files and started…

I keep trying to get into vim, but I just really enjoy multi-cursor editing in Sublime Text. The example in the article of changing multiple lines using '.' to repeat is the same as selecting the three lines in Sublime Text, entering multi-line edit mode, and then typing the change once. The same applies for replacing a single word (e.g. with Cmd+D) and/or regex replacements. Basically, I have a really easy time avoiding any repetitive commands in my normal day…

I'm the author of the linked article (and of the ViEmu products). Thank you guys for taking some time to read it. The funny thing is that having vi/vim editing inside Visual Studio is bringing in new converts: http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/GettinJiggyWithVIM.aspx http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/HookedOnVIM.aspx Of course I'm not impartial, but I would recommend you consider giving it a try if you have access to vi, vim, or emulation for them in your IDE (and some time). I miss having it in Firefox textareas (such…