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Worth learning vim/emacs? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by haakon@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/programming

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Im considering spending some serious time learning one of the above. Two principle engineers I work with exclusively use them, and watching them work is incredible, the speed they move and get things done is pure wizadry. Can anyone learn this skill? For what it's worth, the alternative is learning VScode. I’ve exclusive used Android Studio in my career.

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[–] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vim still has some stuff going for it that isn't (at least built into) vscode.

The vscode vim plugin is still very slow compared to vim (running a global normal command on a few lines makes it chug iirc. Not to mention macros are pretty slow comparatively)
The vscode tab behavior is frustrating to use coming from vim. Why are tabs specific to each split? How do I switch between buffers with just the keyboard?
Vim has built in utilities to process the contents of a buffer through any program on your path. Think formatting a buffer with jq.
some Vim plugins are just really good. Fugitive for git for example.

Is any of this worth learning vim for? I don't know 🙂