If an IDE doesn't have vi key bindings it isn't going to be used by me. That's what finally get me to change from terminal only dev to vscode. Until I found the vi editing extension the IDE wasn't of interest.

Yes, vi is just that good.

I hear emacs bindings are also great, but I just know how to save and exit from emacs.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use doom emacs and have to say, it takes everything that I like about vim and adds to emacs, plus a lot of useful features that i would have to install myself otherwise that can be enable by just uncommenting a feel lines in the config file.

It's can feel a bit bloated at first but allows me to have the perfect IDE (for me at least) in a matter of minutes.

And the best of all is that I don't need to use the emacs keybinds if I don't wanna (and I don't).

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

One of the interesting aspects of humanity is how much people like given text editing methods. There's a handful of approaches and after learning one or two, people really figure out what works for them.

I am more than happy to say I like vim, but in the end you should use what you like best. Just done be surprised when I can write and edit a ton of text really fast while your nano session is comfortable, but slow.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

If you try emacs again, try evil mode. It adds vi bindings.

[–] TAVAR@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Emacs keybinds are fine, used them for some years. But once I tried modal bindings I never wanted to go back, "key-chords" just add strain.

Fortunately emacs has many options for modal keybindings, I prefer meow over vim personally