I stink at Vim. What do I do?

[@MendenLama]

I discovered vi-type editors long ago, in the early 1990s when I was still using Dos. There were Dos ports of BSD vi, elvis, vile and vim and maybe others. Vim was the one of them I really liked. So I stuck with it on all systems I used afterwards, some sort of Linux or BSD, Dos, Windows, MacOS. Even at work, on a Windows 10 machine, I use gvim every day for all editing tasks (a gvim version were Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V work as exspected for copy and paste). Over the years, however, I tried a dozen of other text editors (in the late 90s and early 2000s I was a devout Emacs user). Only to discover in the end, I don't need them, too big, too bloated, with extension languages I do not know or understand. The moral of the tale: use what you like most and don't care what others say. If you like micro simply stay with it.

[@VeitLehmann]

I also like to use micro a lot, it's a great little editor! For coding, I use VSCode, and micro makes me feel right at home. Especially after I configured its keybindings to be similar to VSCode. It even has multi-selection implemented really well.

[@Parz357]

Using Vim is kind of like when you learn a shortcut in bash. Like the double bang or the up arrow. I'd wonder why didn't I learn about this sooner. I by no means am a pro at Vim. The first time, I was one of them that couldn't figure out how to get out of it. You have to start out slow. Learn the movements and the basic function commands. Use it as a basic text editor and start slowly adding a new command when you're ready. Vimtutor is your friend, it's there any time you want to learn a new movement or remember the one you forgot. I use it enough now that I feel handicapped if it's not on the machine. I'd been using Arcolinux (Arch) for about the last 5 years. I remembered Chris Titus was always talking about Debian and then I saw your installs using Debian. I started with Ubuntu early 2000's when I finally got something to install on my Emachine. I loved Arco and I enjoy learning anything new. But I was getting tired of all the updates and I don't need the latest and greatest anymore, an older version of Libre Calc is just fine. I very much enjoy you videos even if I catching myself sometimes thinking man that would have been easier on Vim. Keep it up, I'm always learning new stuff from you. Good Day!

[@kev2020-z9s]

I start with nano how using micro and happy with it one day will try vim someday.

[@slackmaster1970]

Use nano doesn't matter if someone uses vim or nano

[@linuxdabbler]

I'm not proficient with vim either, but use what you like and like what you use... You haven't lost any "linux street cred" in my book.... Great video. Always good to see another perspective.

[@JustAGuyLinux]

linuxdabbler in the house. **and the crowd goes wild** LOVE your channel. Thanks for the comment.

[@jsizemo]

And what if I don’t want to use any terminal editor. What if I just want to use notepad++ (or the closest linux equivalent) for everything including the stuff in the /etc folders.

[@JustAGuyLinux]

Use tools you feel comfortable using.

[@JakeLinux]

I suck at vim as well, I know some tricks and i can do the basics, but i am slow as molasses, and i use the arrow keys, no matter how much i try not to. That being said, i still love me some vim.

[@MendenLama]

jhkl were only used because the terminal keyboards in the late 70s and 80s had no arrow keys. So there is no reason not to use these keys when they are there.

[@JimLorbetski]

Never give up.

[@JimLorbetski]

BS. These keys are on the home rows. This makes it much faster.@@MendenLama

[@PieroZanetti]

I love micro

[@liquidmobius]

Micro, vim and nano are all "endorsed" by suckless as software that rocks. So really, they're all good editors. It just depends on what works for each person.

[@slackmaster1970]

Nano is just as functional

[@archpenguin6646]

I just use Nano

[@ruibastos9126]

I recommend Emacs with the ergoemacs package. The Ergoemacs package solves the biggest problem with Emacs, the archaic keybindings with poor ergonomics. Navigation is Alt + i,j,k,l (similar to wasd for video games but on the right side). It "modernizes" Emacs. Eg. Ctrl+o to open a file. When you have sane keybindings you can now build your own Emacs by picking and choosing packages you want/like and installing them using use-package.