I don't know why there's so much hate for Vim. It's simple- just use it as your default text editor since you first started using computers, and keep using it forever, and problem solved!

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 69 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Setup for the overused joke - I've been using vim since I first started using a computer, I just can't quit.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

VIM really does have everything. Even a fully functional internet browser. 🙂

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

yeah, but emacs still wins out in capabilities. https://xkcd.com/378/

[–] Heathcliff@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Right now I'm at the hospital in the exam yr colon queue! Maybe it helps U too.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

:set nocompat

Why VIM decided to make itself run just like VI (by default) is beyond me. Isn’t the long name “VI Improved”?

[–] nous@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago

Vims defaults are quite crap overall. It is why everyone needs 100s of lines of configs and many plugins to turn it into something decent. Well worth the setup but it could go a long way to making things nicer to use out the box.