Sergio Belkin wrote:
> There are at least 10 things that VIM can do, than other text editors
> hardly can:
>
> - (Almost) Distraction-Free interface
> - SpellCheck
> - Work with cleverly with text blocks
> - Move through undo tree in amazing ways (eg: earlier command)
> - Automatize operations
> - Open more than one file in different windows
> - Edit downloaded files on the fiy
> - Edit files through ssh
> - Browse files
> - Complete text easily
I don't think anybody here would dispute the fact that vim is a fine editor
(its UI sucks but the feature list is OK). However:
– All of these fancy features are completely irrelevant for the purposes
of the LPIC-1 exam, which is just as well since we're interested in
certifying Linux professionals, not vim professionals.
– One argument many people like to put forward in favour of vi is that it
is the same on all sorts of Unix-like systems. Once you say that you're
really interested in vim rather than vi, that narrows the field down to
those systems that actually come with vim, i.e., presumably Linux (some
flavours), the BSDs, and possibly OS X (I wouldn't know).
(If you're counting systems where vim isn't included out of the box but
could conceivably be installed later, then I see your vim and raise you
GNU Emacs, which runs rings around vim any day of the week when it comes
to features.)
Anselm
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