Comments on: Why, oh WHY, do those nutheads use vi? http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/ A blog on the development of the NGEDIT text editor Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:08:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-188682 J Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:56:41 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-188682 Silence: gvim is fine inside a graphical environment, at least under Windows where I use it. Console-vim is probably great in a Unix-centric environment, I guess. Tony: what I do find is that hardly anyone goes back after investing the time to learn. Of course there will be some self-selection and those who learn are not a random sample, but in any case I think that proves that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Cyrus, you exhibit such a high degree of smarts with that comment... pitiful. Personal-advice-you-need-even-if-you-didn't-ask-for-it: do read an article before assuming the content, especially if you're going to criticize it. Your life will be much better overall. Silence: gvim is fine inside a graphical environment, at least under Windows where I use it. Console-vim is probably great in a Unix-centric environment, I guess.

Tony: what I do find is that hardly anyone goes back after investing the time to learn. Of course there will be some self-selection and those who learn are not a random sample, but in any case I think that proves that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

Cyrus, you exhibit such a high degree of smarts with that comment… pitiful. Personal-advice-you-need-even-if-you-didn’t-ask-for-it: do read an article before assuming the content, especially if you’re going to criticize it. Your life will be much better overall.

]]> By: Tony http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-168334 Tony Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:56:07 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-168334 When I started at university, the first years could not understand why anybody would want to use vi. Everybody tried to use more traditional editors like xedit and the like. By the start of second semester, everybody had switched over to vi for it's ease of use and it's speed. Once you have used it, you wouldn't go back. When I started at university, the first years could not understand why anybody would want to use vi. Everybody tried to use more traditional editors like xedit and the like. By the start of second semester, everybody had switched over to vi for it’s ease of use and it’s speed. Once you have used it, you wouldn’t go back.

]]> By: Silence http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-161903 Silence Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:22:16 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-161903 It's only lazy f-ckwits that complain about vi, sure you gotta use your brain at first to learn the commands; but then it 's power comes into play. it's gvim I can't stand ;-) It’s only lazy f-ckwits that complain about vi, sure you gotta use your brain at first to learn the commands; but then it ’s power comes into play. it’s gvim I can’t stand ;-)

]]> By: Cyrus http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-160557 Cyrus Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:43:34 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-160557 Why do they use vi? Because they fucking want to. Because it's their choice. Nobody is holding a gun to your head asking you to use it... try minding your own business you !@#$ing moron Why do they use vi? Because they fucking want to. Because it’s their choice. Nobody is holding a gun to your head asking you to use it… try minding your own business you !@#$ing moron

]]> By: functional bytes blog http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-153274 functional bytes blog Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-153274 <strong>Vim Tutorials II...</strong> Postings zu Vim Tutorials und Cheat Sheets hatte ich ja schon öfter. Jetzt habe ich noch zwei Tutorials gefunden: Vim Introduction and Tutorial Why, oh, WHY do those #?@! nutheads use vi? ...... Vim Tutorials II…

Postings zu Vim Tutorials und Cheat Sheets hatte ich ja schon öfter. Jetzt habe ich noch zwei Tutorials gefunden:

Vim Introduction and Tutorial
Why, oh, WHY do those #?@! nutheads use vi?

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]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133682 J Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:12:45 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133682 Chris, I concede it's not for everyone. But I still reiterate that it's a one time investment, and then it pays off very, very nicely for many years! Chris, I concede it’s not for everyone.

But I still reiterate that it’s a one time investment, and then it pays off very, very nicely for many years!

]]> By: chris http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133599 chris Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:55:33 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133599 I hated VI, always. I first tried it in the 80s, then again in the 90s, before thanking the dear Lord for much better and updated alternatives. Even back then, emacs and micro emacs were totally more intuitive and made a lot more sense. I don't take away anything from those who used VI to the max to do their work. Good for them. But for people who just wanted to write code, and not bother to sit their and master dozens of commands, it sucked. Just my 2 cents. I hated VI, always. I first tried it in the 80s, then again in the 90s, before thanking the dear Lord for much better and updated alternatives. Even back then, emacs and micro emacs were totally more intuitive and made a lot more sense.

I don’t take away anything from those who used VI to the max to do their work. Good for them. But for people who just wanted to write code, and not bother to sit their and master dozens of commands, it sucked. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133550 J Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:25:37 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133550 Thanks for mentioning it Rui, indeed, vimtutor is a good way to get started (I used it myself back in the time). Thanks for mentioning it Rui, indeed, vimtutor is a good way to get started (I used it myself back in the time).

]]> By: Rui Ferreira http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133533 Rui Ferreira Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:20:51 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-133533 Vimtutor is a great way to get started. Just my two cents... Vimtutor is a great way to get started. Just my two cents…

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-132822 J Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:12 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/05/17/why-oh-why-do-those-nutheads-use-vi/#comment-132822 Keith, I totally agree with you. I just wish I had started using vi 15 years ago, instead of 3 years ago. Keith, I totally agree with you. I just wish I had started using vi 15 years ago, instead of 3 years ago.

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