On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Efraim Yawitz <[email protected]>wrote:
> Since I started this thread a few months ago, I'll just say that now it > seems to me that the main advantage of knowing statistics like this is more > to avoid arguments than to win them. When people ask me, "What's that weird > editor you like so much?", I would like to just be able to say, "It's the > standard Unix editor that people have been using for over 30 years, and > which hundreds of thousands of programmers (or whatever) are still using" > rather than to give some complex explanation of why I love switching modes, > etc. > I've had good success with simply mentioning the reasons I started using Vi/Vim many years ago. 1) It's available as part of the OS on virtually every non-Windows computer on the planet. (I've mostly developed for non-Windows platforms.) It also runs fine under Windows once installed. 2) It works via telnet exactly as it does locally on my computer. (For years I did 95% of my work via telnet.) 3) It allows me to do everything without reaching for a mouse. (I've had repetitive stress issues from continually reaching for the mouse.) There is no other editor I know of that fulfills all these requirements. I have converted a couple co-workers to be Vim users with these arguments. Most people just walk away, but they don't argue about why I should use something else. -- Jay -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vim_use+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
