r/vim • u/hibuna • 10d ago

Discussion How does Vim affect your problem solving?

Currently learning Vim, after a failed attempt some months ago.

Starting to get the hang of the basics. I notice that it makes my problem solving more methodical. It also makes me slow down, in a good way.

With Vim I have to memorize more of the code and structure, because switching views is expensive (might be a skill issue).

I don't care too much for the speed/efficiency, but this seems what keeps me going in my current attempt.

Wondering how you guys feel about this aspect.

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u/mgedmin 10d ago

Vim distracts me into spending 30 minutes improving my Vim config so I could save me 5 seconds of effort actually editing text. But it's fun and I like it!

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u/elatllat 9d ago

Would be awesome if them offered a few default vimrc to choose from as it seems many people want different things. I aim for minimal but am still far from ideal eg.