There is no doubt that everything unknown may be
frightening. The unknown is usually followed by a type of
resistance. Vim is not an exception. Still, despite the fact
that a StackOverflow question asking about ways of exiting
from it has been seen more than one million times, it is one of the most used editors by developers around the
world.
Many people who do not use Vim are accustomed with other
editors and think that they do not need to switch to it. They
do not want to leave their comfort zone, because they think
that Vim takes too much time and effort to be learned and that
does not make that much of a difference after all.
By taking the time to read this article, you have shown
that you already possess some type of interest about Vim.
Before we see some resources that make it easier for you to
learn Vim, let’s see the reasons why should we use this
1980s text editor.
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