Users of Vim and similars, what exactly makes it useful compared to other text editors? How much time do you suppose you save when working with it? (programming.dev)

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I'd like actual examples instead of "I work faster", something like "I can move straight to the middle of the file with 7mv" or "I can keep 4 different text snippets in memory and paste each with a number+pt, like 2pt", things that you actually use somewhat frequently instead of what you can do, but probably only did once.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I actually only noticed this the other day (I took a hiatus from doing a lot of Linux work for >5y), but it resumes editing a long doc at the point where I was when I last exited, saving me from scrolling again.

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