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		chrismcb on March 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sc... Vim is a far cry from being drop dead simple.

systemvoltage on March 11, 2021 | [–]

Yeah, vim is the exact opposite of user-friendly-app [1] but it pays off in the long term with efficiency dividends.

[1] http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/wp-content/uploads...

hodgesrm on March 11, 2021 | [–]

Right. The editor where you learn new commands by making typos. :)

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