I’d like actual examples instead of “I work faster”, something like “I can move straight to the middle of the file with 7mv” or “I can keep 4 different text snippets in memory and paste each with a number+pt, like 2pt”, things that you actually use somewhat frequently instead of what you can do, but probably only did once.
I don’t know if this comment comes from ignorance or snarkiness but it’s really not the same. Other editors add in hotkeys over time to perform a single function.
Vim key bindings are actually a terse text manipulation language where you can form arbitrary “sentences” like:
-
ciw- change the current word, meaning remove it and then enter insert mode -
D- delete until end of line -
dt:- delete everything between the cursor and the next colon on this line -
10"apPaste the contents of thearegister 10 times
