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Discussion on: How useful is learning VI/VIM for a new programmer?

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To be clear, generally speaking IDEs that offer "Vim" support aren't actually embedding Vim. They're providing key bindings and some level of modal support. You generally get all the benefits of the IDE, and a fraction of the benefits of Vim (though usually the most crucial portion that isn't offered by the IDE, like modal support).

I use the Vim plugin inside VSCode, and used to use the plugin for Eclipse, when I wanted other features of those IDEs... But now that I know how to use Vim (I highly recommend the book "An IDE Called Vim"), I mostly prefer to use the real deal Vim.