I use vim over other editors because I feel vim is a good tool. I know it's a good tool because it gets out of my way and lets me interact with text without having to trick an editor into doing it, which is how I felt with editors like Notepad++ and others like it.
It took me a while to get to this point, but I feel the investment was worth it. Just take a week and force yourself to use nothing but vim (and try learning as many features as you can) and see if it jives with how you think. If it doesn't, try emacs.
edit: Best way to see the power of vim is to watch someone edit text who's proficient with it; some people are so good with it you'd be convinced they mmap()'ed the file to their head and are just interacting with it in real time.
It took me a while to get to this point, but I feel the investment was worth it. Just take a week and force yourself to use nothing but vim (and try learning as many features as you can) and see if it jives with how you think. If it doesn't, try emacs.
edit: Best way to see the power of vim is to watch someone edit text who's proficient with it; some people are so good with it you'd be convinced they mmap()'ed the file to their head and are just interacting with it in real time.