I first partook of vi on an Irix box under the tutelage of a crusty graybeard. T...

I first partook of vi on an Irix box under the tutelage of a crusty graybeard. There are some things I do appreciate about vim in contrast.

* Syntax highlighting

* Unicode

* Visual selection

* Multiple buffers

If I have a task for an editor that doesn't do those things and runs really fast, I usually reach for sed.