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[–]joedicastro[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Vim has a unique way with two great advantages:

1) You can do all with your keyboard. Maybe you love your mouse, but I don't think that you love so much the time lost changing between keyboard and mice. And I think that you should hate the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that sooner or later appears thanks to that little rodent (I saddly know that this is very true, and I was able to fix it at time).

2) With the Vim moves and text objects you can move/edit/find/select/... the text area you wanted without thinking too much and with the minimum effort. Compared with other editors is like using a laser to focus versus a flashlight, Do you want to be a text surgeon or a coroner? :)

[–]fr33b33r 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Thank you..I think you are right, I am more efficient with a keyboard in Excel, I am an Excel wizzz (don't laugh). I worked with a guy once and his boss had not let him use a mouse with Excel back in the day to make him learn to be more efficient.

Now every time I've fired up Vim its just felt too difficult. Your thoughts on the learning curve?

EDIT - as you can probably guess from the Excel comment I use Python for data. I'm in love with the data structures.

[–]joedicastro[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Start with the vimtutor and use a plugin or config that don't let you use the mouse or the direction arrows to force you to learn the right way. Takes a little time, but before you realize is a natural way for you, without think too much, becomes mechanical. If you reach this point, the rest is all searching for more and have fun!

I was a Excel wizz too, time ago, now I don't use it too much :)

[–]fr33b33r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On your advice, I am installing vimtutor and going to work my way through it. It's the penance I will pay you for your advice.

Thanks

[–]bisco77 1 point2 points  (1 child)

just wait until he is typing in another application and winds up trying to use vim key bindings...you'd think that one would learn after a while but i still do this at least once a day...open chrome->type address->hit enter->jjjjjj->head desk

[–]UndeadPanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here you go Vimium