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[โ€“] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So then what makes vim special? From what I understand it's just a "standard" for shortcuts to features that can be shared between different editors, right?

[โ€“] crater2150@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

The special thing about vim are the different modes. In a editor which does not support modal editing, you can't bind a letter key directly to a function, or else you can't type that letter any more.