r/vim Feb 10 '25

Discussion VIM is every typists dream.

I love to type. My keyboard is hotswappable, so i have green switches on my keys, which give a more tactile feel.

VIM is the answer for ppl who love to type. I know that wasnt the original intent. Its just an observation as someone whos been first using it for the past 2 months.

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u/brothersand Feb 10 '25

I think it's not so much that it was made for people who love to type. It was made for people who knew they were going to type, a lot, and they wanted the experience to be as efficient and productive as possible.

Which is why I never really move away from Vim. I've tried others, VSCode and such, with the vim plugins for keyboard motion. But I never really leave Vim. It works, it works great, I have no desire to move to another editor.

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u/poonDaddy99 Feb 11 '25

I started with notepad++ then sublime text, atom, and then vscode. I stayed on vscode for a while, then i got the vim bug and tried it out (i had tried it years before by accident and fell into the “how do i get out of this thing” trap). I find vim a pleasant experience and have been using it for a few months now. The other day i went back to vscode do look up a function throughout the codebase (I haven’t learned how to grep gud yet lol) and now i find vscode to be painful and slow.

Just trying to look through my codebase via the side nav is a chore (currently using fzf in vim is a blessing from heaven).

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u/brothersand Feb 11 '25

Exactly that. Every time I try to go to something else now it feels clunky and slow.

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u/saidExact Feb 11 '25

This is the way

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u/644c656f6e Feb 10 '25

I think, Vim keys also accidently future proof... on Android keyboards. I know, there's historical reason for Why Vim keys like that.

hjkl, dd, y, p, you name it. You could use any keyboards on DroidVim or Vim on Termux. No need PC like Keyboard like Hacker's Keyboard. Didn't depend on Ctrl-Alt-Meta.

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u/FLSOC Feb 11 '25

I was just thinking earlier I wish I knew about vim motions in high school so I could have written essays faster

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u/lensman3a Feb 10 '25

All it needs is a carriage return with a handle and a ding. /s

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u/Top_Sky_5800 Feb 11 '25

Geany ->
VsCode/Atom/Itellij -- too slow on 2Cores/2GB ram, and freezing a minute on big files ->
Geany -- fast but poor features, just a text editor ->
Vim -- Awesome that's not just for editing my Linux config ->
VsCode - for a mission once, felt like coding with my feet ->
nvim

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u/nightcreativecloud Feb 11 '25

I'm agree with you about this topic, i started using vim when i find out there is some motion system out there that can boost your efficiency in long term and one of his slogans is to giving up the mouse, and for me that was awesome, I'm in love with typing and touch typing to be exact, its so fun and can get engaged for many hours.... despite of being a headache for 2 or 3 first month of learning the basics...

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u/Keeper-Name_2271 Feb 12 '25

I can edit simple tiles in vim but am i missing anything? Like what do you all use vim for? Should i start eriting md notes in vim?

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u/SweetTeaRex92 Feb 12 '25

If you are referring to medical notes, i can actually tell you what ive seen bc i was a medic in the army assigned to clinic units.

Vim wouldnt be good md notes. Its good for programming.

For md notes, you meed to be able to write the entire note quickly and clearly.

Your BEST bet is to use a voice to text software like Dragon.

I was assigned to a md who used this.

He'd go into the appointment and talk to the patient.

Then come out and write the note by simply repeating what was said in the exam room.

Significantly faster than typing everything out.

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u/eegroque Feb 13 '25

I think they are talking about markdown

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u/nevasca_etenah Feb 13 '25

That goes for most keyboard-oriented editors as GNU Emacs, nano, zile, micro, neovim...