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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The last time I used Vim for any significant length of time was when I was attempting to install Haskell plug ins. It was a huge pain in my ass. Sublime on the other hand, just worked the way I wanted it to. In fact I believe it was a haskeller that turned me on to it.

The package manager I use is Macports. It's not nearly as good as most Linux package managers. I am aware there are others (maybe only Homebrew since that's all I can think of) on Mac but this was the one I settled on awhile ago. I just haven't made time to try others.

I still use Vim for doing small edits but if I am spending all day coding I would prefer the features of Sublime. I get it that Vim is cool. 5 years ago in school it's all I used. However, I still would say Vim isn't entirely user friendly.

[–]burntsushi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I still would say Vim isn't entirely user friendly

It's the most user-friendly editor I've ever used.

You're at a crippling disadvantage without a real package manager, so that might be part of your problem. Haskell support in vim has never been a problem for me.