cnoremap <C-P> <Up> cnoremap <C-N> <Down> are two of the best lines I ever added to my vimrc.
Many people, myself included, prefer to work from the command line over navigating through highly constrained, clumsy GUIs. For those people, an editor designed for the terminal is a feature, not a bug.
I started programming professionally in 2015. I’ve tried all the “big name” GUI editors: Eclipse, IntelliJ, Sublime, Atom, Notepad++, VSCode. Now I use vim full time and I love it. I grant that vim is not the most user…
I actually did try Emacs for a while for exactly the reasons you point out. I heard how great it was and wanted to see for myself what all the fuss was about. I used it exclusively for a few months and gained some…
What makes you say this? I don't necessarily _love_ Vimscript but it's a fairly straightforward imperative language. I also never understood why so many people rave about Elisp.
cnoremap <C-P> <Up> cnoremap <C-N> <Down> are two of the best lines I ever added to my vimrc.
Many people, myself included, prefer to work from the command line over navigating through highly constrained, clumsy GUIs. For those people, an editor designed for the terminal is a feature, not a bug.
I started programming professionally in 2015. I’ve tried all the “big name” GUI editors: Eclipse, IntelliJ, Sublime, Atom, Notepad++, VSCode. Now I use vim full time and I love it. I grant that vim is not the most user…
I actually did try Emacs for a while for exactly the reasons you point out. I heard how great it was and wanted to see for myself what all the fuss was about. I used it exclusively for a few months and gained some…
What makes you say this? I don't necessarily _love_ Vimscript but it's a fairly straightforward imperative language. I also never understood why so many people rave about Elisp.