the problem with vim is that people always say is so powerful but when i try to use it is like im looking at the sky waiting to see a UFO to pass by but nothing happens
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Fidel Viegas <fidel.vie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/9/10, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > radhames brito wrote: > >> i must be missing something because everyone seems to love vim but to me > >> is > >> just archaic. > > > > I agree with you. The modal interface should have died in the 1970s. > > If I want a console editor, I use Emacs. > > > > The thing about Vim or Emacs, is that they are not ordinary editors. > They are modal editors. You can't really compare them with ordinary > text editors. Vim isn't only available for the console. You can also > find the GUI version, which is called gVim in the Linux world. Perhaps > this is what MacVim is. > > You can always use the mouse and the menus, but you miss all the power > of Vim. It is pretty hard to get use to it in the beginning, but once > you get used to it, you will find that you can do things with it that > you cannot replicate in other editors. The whole productivity > enhancement is in the fact that you do not leave the keyboard, which > is something that sort of delays your productivity a bit. At least > that is for me. In the beginning I kept switching from Vim and gEdit, > because it was pretty hard to navigate through the files. But they I > discovered plugins like Rails.vim, NERDTree, and I stopped using all > the other editors for good. The other nice thing about Vim is that it > comes with any Unix based operating system. So, if you know how to use > it you can start editing configuration files with it in any Unix based > OS. But, it is just like I said: It is a matter of personal taste. > > I have heard that Emacs is more powerful than Vim, but for me Vim is > enough. I am happy with it as I am already used to its modes, and > commands. > > I think that people should try the different editors and decide for > themselves about which one they feel more comfortable with. In the end > it is all about productivity. If Komodo Edit makes you more productive > that Vim or Emacs, then that's all you need. > > All the best, > > Fidel. > > PS: "Vim is like wine, the older it gets the more tasty it becomes" ;D > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
