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Discussion on: Vim .. best code editor ?

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darkwiiplayer profile image
𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️

but why would you ever want to use a keyboard-based text editor in 2021 if you have a lot of easy to use mouse-based IDEs?

This is like asking "would you ever want to code on a desktop PC in 2021 if you have a lot of easy to use smartphones?"

I've used vim as my one and only editor for years now and I wouldn't trade it for anything else (even stuff that has vim bindings, honestly).

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Bek Brace

I understand you, totally
I myself started to code in Basic language in 1989 on my ATARI 800xl, and I got used to work solely with a keyboard, then with the appearance of Ms-DOS I was feeling very comfortable, and when I started working on win 3.1 , I had no idea what I am doing - so I understand perfectly being attached to a keyboard :) - cheers