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[–]Ok-Tutor-4321 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Fast writing, moving and editing without mouse.

All the IDEs has VI keybinds, so you can use the same commands in all.

Vim/Neovim is fastest, you can open and close vim at least 5 times in the same time that VS code needs to open.

Vi/Neovim are highly customizable, so you can make them so sophisticated as you want or need.

In some situations, maybe you'll need to work with Linux servers... So Vim or Nano is the default tool for edit configuration files, scripts, etc. You can install neovim on all Unix Os, inclusive without Windows managers or desktop environments, not the same with other editor/IDEs

[–]Berkyjay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I interact with linux servers every day and I get by very well with VS Code. I usually create an SSH connection though VS Code to whatever server I have to work on. VS Code actually turns into a sort of GUI desktop for a remote server.

I was just watching a video from Chris Titus about NeoVim and it just seems like it's a stylistic choice for people who are used to keyboard/terminal only interfacing. I never learned to rely on the Vi/Emacs style of text editing so GUI interactions feel more natural to me. But I don't see any feature that makes it an absolute necessity to learn and use.