>learn vim
After starting the (neo)vim tutorial, all I could think about was if people who "learned" vim never learned how to edit text in a normal text/code editor.
And I don't mean this in an inflammatory way. I mean:
hjkl = Arrow keys
b = Ctrl + Left
w = Ctrl + Right
df<space> = Ctrl + Delete
$d = Shift + End, Delete
dd = Home, Shift + End, Delete
2 = just press the keyboard command twice??
ddp = Alt + Down
ddkP = Alt + Up
The more I read the tutorial the more I felt like... do you not have arrow keys? I mean this literally. Is your keyboard just esc to f12 and there are no arrows or the numpad and it just ends there?
I do understand some good points of vim, like how explicit it is. There are many code editors/IDEs out there and sometimes how they treat Ctrl+Left/Right has subtle differences, e.g. ending the "word" in "-" or "_" or stopping before or after spaces. But most of this stuff is (or at least should be) configurable. But that's about it.
I mean how do you even use the numbers? Who looks at code and says "no, this should be exactly 8 lines below this one." I just Alt + Down until it's right. I'd spend more time trying to write the command right than I'd spend just pressing the keys multiple times.
After starting the (neo)vim tutorial, all I could think about was if people who "learned" vim never learned how to edit text in a normal text/code editor.
And I don't mean this in an inflammatory way. I mean:
hjkl = Arrow keys
b = Ctrl + Left
w = Ctrl + Right
df<space> = Ctrl + Delete
$d = Shift + End, Delete
dd = Home, Shift + End, Delete
2 = just press the keyboard command twice??
ddp = Alt + Down
ddkP = Alt + Up
The more I read the tutorial the more I felt like... do you not have arrow keys? I mean this literally. Is your keyboard just esc to f12 and there are no arrows or the numpad and it just ends there?
I do understand some good points of vim, like how explicit it is. There are many code editors/IDEs out there and sometimes how they treat Ctrl+Left/Right has subtle differences, e.g. ending the "word" in "-" or "_" or stopping before or after spaces. But most of this stuff is (or at least should be) configurable. But that's about it.
I mean how do you even use the numbers? Who looks at code and says "no, this should be exactly 8 lines below this one." I just Alt + Down until it's right. I'd spend more time trying to write the command right than I'd spend just pressing the keys multiple times.