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I know there are people that really like vim. However, it seems like a hazing ritual for a lot of people.
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retoor81495dI'm vimming a lot. It's so comfortable to be able to open a file and type /[theThingYouSearchFor]. That simplicity convinces me. I can do an edit in a second. I made a vim tutor app for people who want to become a ninja quickly. It's on my website without search function 😁 I have AI autocompletion and everything in it.
But yes, vim is overrated. Everyone takes time to learn vim shortcuts, if we did that the same for vscode..
I played a bit with Zed editor today. Will not continue with it because no codeium support and want to keep my stats high. But anyway, nice editor, also has a nice autocomplete AI. Looks nice, clear terminal also. -
adante2765dHad a one month go with neovim but just recently came crawling back to vscode.
It was awesome but with every issue or little thing I wanted to configure had no idea if it was going to be a 2 minute fiddle or a 2+ hour rabbithole with no certain outcome.
I can see the power and I think in the limit (i.e. into infinity) it would absolutely be worthwhile investing my time into. Unfortunately I only have a single mortal life (as far as I know) so it's not practical to spend a single lifetime learning vim so I can code with it in my next lifetime.
That said not trying to sway anybody - it just ain't for me. Immense respect for the uberfolks who have thrived with it - I'm envious of y'all! I do hope to come back one day, but for now need to get on with the rest of my life. -
Grumm19785dI have seen a youtuber using vim I guess to see javascript code. Ok, it does look nice and all. But at the same time it looks like a hasle. Everything is done with a keyboard, he was on a function and could jump directly to where that function was created. Then back where he was in the code.
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@Areg
Here's my advice. I do everything in vim.
Less is more. I don't use neovim. I use normal vim.
I limit the plugins to what I really use. So things like:
bracket matching
ctrl+p
ack
And most importantly, just install a LSP server like coc. Then you get all the completion from vscode. -
@Areg but I like talking to you :( How are you today? I'm at a cat cafe, how great is that?
How are your parents? Mine are great mashallah
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I am legit done with neovim. For like couple of months already i tried to code on vim, i really like the hands on approach and less mouse movements so you can be more faster. But my god every starter kit such as NvChad or LazyVim or anything in between has soo many bugs its crazy. Last time i got ^M at the end of each field because the line endings on my mac are different than on my windows machine. But why the fuck am i supposed to even see that in the first place? it doesnt even appear in VSCode. The integrated terminals are shit aswell, in NvChad if i would accidentally hit tab it would switch to a buffer and i couldnt get that terminal back no matter what, and i had to end the application using the task manager. And on LazyVim that fucking thing doesnt know its place, if you open up the file explorer first then the terminal its gonna fill the entire space at the bottom leaving the file tree very small. Overall everything feels clunky buggy messy, i end up debugging vim more than writing actual code. And i seriously cannot understand how is this supposed to make you more productive, i think this is either used by oldheads who started coding initally on vim or by IT snobs who believe they are superior to these "VsCode soyjaks" like myself.
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