2016-04-11 19:22 GMT-03:00 Anselm Lingnau <anselm.ling...@linupfront.de>:
> 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 > -- It's a good point, and I would not oposse about including en editor with a different paradigm without excluding vi/vim (Even when I hate nano, I'd add nano, because it's most used that emacs nowadays). Learning Linux afer all is learning diversity. -- -- Sergio Belkin LPIC-2 Certified - http://www.lpi.org
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