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!

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days 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.

[–] 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 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

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

[–] Heathcliff@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

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