Randomly got into selfhosting/webhosting and everytime I need to edit anything when using the terminal, I end up installing vim and using it to edit stuff, it feels so much more comfortable than any other way of editing. I like vim now, it’s the first thing I install when I need to config something. I like that its a modal editor and I have to use insert so I dont accidentally change stuff, if I want to save I :wq, if I don’t I just :q, don’t have a million options show up, it just works.
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Wow forcing students to use Vim for a first course in C++ is cruel. I love Vim and have used it daily for close to 20 years, and I would not inflict that suffering on any of my students.
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Hated VIM because it’s 2025 and there’s really not much reason to use a command line text editor when GUI text editors exist.
When you ssh into a vps and want to make some edits to a file isn’t it just easier to use vim? Do you ftp and grab the file than upload the changed one? Idr know the workflow of working with gui when its not locally hosted.
I use vim inside visual studio alongside other extensions not native to my IDE, and sometimes vim is all there is on the machine.
I like vim. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but it lets me program.
You can certainly still change stuff while not in insert mode
No, it’s literally impossible to accidentally edit the text when in Editing Mode. /s
…heh
