Why Vim, an '80s Text Editor, Is Still the UI of Choice for Power Users

I use vim. I think there are a few reasons for me. And these are not the best rationalizations I could think of but rather the the actual causes.<p>One is that since its a text mode editor it is easy to use in an ssh session. So I don&#x27;t have to set up sshfs or something.<p>Two is that it seems less complicated than emacs but is still credited with being a &#x27;real&#x27; programmer&#x27;s editor. And I know it has support for almost every language.<p>The biggest thing is something like network effects or social dynamics. Hardcore Unix programmers use &#x27;real&#x27; text editors and nobody wants them to have one over on them. And its nice to feel like your are part of an &#x27;elite&#x27; club of 80s power text editor users.<p>The 80s era text editors are not the best text editors, realistically. And I will go ahead and admit that I use the arrow keys in vim

I use vim, I don&#x27;t have to think of different key bindings. I can program for any language consistently, if I was not using vim, it would be emacs. Nothing more, I&#x27;ve used vim for 20 years and my IDE is Unix. With vim, plugins, unix commands, scripts, i have every functionality that any so called modern IDE provides.

&quot;choice for power users&quot; is quite the claim, i dont buy it. its a choice, not THE choice.

Just yesterday I found a haskellcast where the host mentioned IDEs, but said he still uses vi personally. A tiny timeless comment on text editors ensues.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;4YfkwfZ7AV4?t=1521" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;4YfkwfZ7AV4?t=1521</a>

i just came to say, emacs is number 1