Why Vim is Superior to Everything Else
Why Vim is Superior to Everything Else Vim is the ultimate text editor. Everything else is inferior. If you’re not using Vim, you’re wasting your time and limiting your potential. The Vim Philosophy: Efficiency Through Mastery Modal Editing: The Secret Weapon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 # Normal mode: Navigate and manipulate hjkl # Move cursor w b # Move by words 0 $ # Move to line start/end gg G # Move to file start/end # Insert mode: Type text i a # Insert before/after cursor I A # Insert at line start/end o O # Insert new line below/above # Visual mode: Select text v # Character selection V # Line selection Ctrl+v # Block selection Modal editing is the key to efficiency. One keystroke does what takes multiple keystrokes in other editors. ...