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Do you use vim? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you use vim as your default text editor?

Not just text editor, but also IDE via rocks.nvim.
Ever since I wanted to edit some file that had like 2000 lines and I just wanted to quickly go to line 1164.
Nano wasn't cut out for that and I hadn't heard of emacs.
But I use a Typematrix dvorak keyboard, so I had to rearrange all the command.
Now I'm stuck with it.

If you do not, have you ever been in a situation you could do nothing but use vim?

Yeah, whenever I type git commit -m "message goes here"
Also, I wanted to program on a server, so I ssh'd into it and decided that vim was the way to go as an IDE.

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

git config --global core.editor "ed"

if you don't like using vim.

[–] agentjsmith@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

ed is the standard Unix text editor!

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.