• r00ty@kbin.life
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    1 year ago

    Don’t discount the possibility that some people that use vim, are old enough to remember using vi, over a modem connection. When you know the keyboard shortcuts it can be a lot quicker too even now.

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      1 year ago

      Vi is incredibly snappy when it came to commands.

      Want to save? :w

      Want to quit? :q

      Want to save and quit? :wq

      Very elegant. GUI WYSIWYG doesn’t come close when it comes to commands.

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        1 year ago

        Man, this comment made me feel a little embarrassed at myself. I saw the shortcuts and thought about how I have a tradition of going to the top of the file when I’m done editing and about to save/quit. I always hit the shortcut for it and think “gg boys! Good game” and then quit out of vim.

        Stop judging me.