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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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[–] interolivary 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I may be the odd one out here, but I don't think that the editor you use is really going to make all that much of a difference for your efficiency. Text manipulation is rarely your bottleneck when coding, so I'd just go with an IDE / editor you feel comfortable with.

I used to be a hardcore vim user but nowadays I just use VSCode with a heavily customized keymap.

[–] gerbal 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you find yourself thinking "I wish I could type/manipulate text faster" it might be worth it

[–] interolivary 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but I'm just really not convinced that's usually the case with programming.