On: Vim Is Saving Me Hours of Work When Writing Books ...

[emsy]

I can only speak for myself, but I've used vim plugins on almost every IDE I've ever used. Unlike editor shortcuts, which are often exclusive to a certain IDE, vim is transferable and that's how it has one of the best cost/benefit ratios for me.

[SketchySeaBeast → emsy]

> Unlike editor shortcuts, which are often exclusive to a certain IDE, vim is transferable and that's how it has one of the best cost/benefit ratios for me.

Doesn't that just mean you've selected VIM's syntax for all your IDE's? Most IDE's seem to have plugins for other popular editors.

[NegativeLatency → SketchySeaBeast]

Seems like it’s the difference between him being supported in many IDEs and say visual studio shortcuts being supported in some thing like Atom. (Support May exist for this, IDK)

[SketchySeaBeast → NegativeLatency]

True, VIM may not be better, but it's a standard so it's well supported.

[weaksauce → SketchySeaBeast]

No, vim is a layer on top of the ide. normal keyboard shortcuts and other editor features still work in say Xcode or visual studio.

[heavenlyblue → emsy]

So does vim support proper refactoring as it is in IntelliJ IDEA for any locally-scoped variable?

[antew → heavenlyblue]

No, but you can use the Vim plugin for IntelliJ and get it that way! There are Vim plug-ins for every IDE I've used.

[emsy → emsy]

I can't reply directly to SketchySeaBeast but you're right, there are probably alternatives. Emacs shortcuts are widely used on terminal emulators iirc. Vim is just one option for a portable, efficient way to edit text.