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Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim

5 pointsby bowyakkaabout 11 years ago

3 comments

VeejayRampayabout 11 years ago
I started using Atom at work recently (I&#x27;m a vim aficionado), there are things that I wish vim could do, but the lack of modes and the (as of now) limited capabilities of vim-mode still make me want to go back. It&#x27;s been the very same experience with previous editors like SublimeText or TextMate.<p>But I really wish someone could produce a modern (like Atom is modern) version of vim, I really do.
contulluipesteabout 11 years ago
The composability of vi&#x2F;vim is not only its power, but its weakness. It&#x27;s like a non-redundant language in which (almost) everything can be validly interpreted leaving no room for error detection. In vim nearly everything can be interpreted as a command and executed (sometimes even without strong visual feedback to be noticed) which means a lot of rope for mistakes. And mistakes human do. And for (such imperfect) humans editors are.
013about 11 years ago
Did the end of that article just imply that we need a new text editor? A Vim cross Emacs cross (Atom|Sublime|NPP|Etc.) editor?