If you have those kinds of questions, I still wonder how you came to be on this list, but regardless here are my thoughts. Notepad is a fairly simple text editor designed to work only within the Windows environment. I used it no occasion for either editing simple text files or capturing simple notes (the company I worked for was all Windows based, with the exception of servers. Vim is used mostly by programmers to edit source files. It is much more capable than Notepad in its functionality to edit within a file as well as the management of multiple files. It can be used also for other purposes such as note taking, journaling, etc., but always with text files.
Hope this helps and I log off this thread. On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:55 PM John Mon <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Jesus! I meant what do people use Vim or notepad for? > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:56 AM Jesus Arocho <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have been reading this thread and I am not sure I understand the >> question: "why would anyone need to alter text" >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:01 AM John Mon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for your time Tony! I've often wondered about why people ever >>> need to alter text? If you have time I would love to know the answer. >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:49 AM Tony Mechelynck < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:58 PM John Mon <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Thanks Tony you mean like notepad in W10? >>>> >>>> IMHO, Vim is to Notepad what a Rolls-Royce is to a bicycle (except on >>>> the matter of price). But that's just my own opinion, after I've veen >>>> using Notepad, then Vim, for a number of years. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Tony. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "vim_use" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAJkCKXt4oG4R39y0A00DLmg%2B9zQmhePLm24Kzmi-Btr3hrz0bA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "vim_use" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAHOpw6z5C0kyK3AgMCs9_ctDa9KLgffrYARebuHg8KK1XOnXKw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAHOpw6z5C0kyK3AgMCs9_ctDa9KLgffrYARebuHg8KK1XOnXKw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "vim_use" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CACacrc237ERXTGJAjTGK5cdNZjbGt7trT0y51a8Fw1MeuPgDpA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CACacrc237ERXTGJAjTGK5cdNZjbGt7trT0y51a8Fw1MeuPgDpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAHOpw6zPoHNxT%2B8y_oVXcF7dZVaVK7m%3D%3DpVquQXB%3D0ibK%3DohMg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAHOpw6zPoHNxT%2B8y_oVXcF7dZVaVK7m%3D%3DpVquQXB%3D0ibK%3DohMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CACacrc2%3DPbkNK8mhJpTZkdXNNWPVk17Q7cK%3DFuv6eGdtvSqr7w%40mail.gmail.com.
