From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2002-12-12T10:09:32+09:00
Subject: Re: The coolest thing since sliced bread

> It would be  nice selling point for FreeRide if bindings for vi, brief, and
> so on were available.  *I* would certainly be happier if I could use vim
> keyboard commands.

Yes, it amazes me how IDEs never seem to have editors that look like vi or 
emacs (if they do, it's some kind of hacked binding to their native set).

The thing that would make me use an IDE would be if I didn't have to forsake 
vim to use it.  One spends so much time typing code in, or editing existing 
code, that the editing functionality is incredibly important.

That's why I tend to shun any kind of GUI.  Just give me vim and command line 
tools and I'm a happy boy :-).  However, if someone provided 100% 
compatibility with vim inside the IDE, I'd probably start using it and 
discover I couldn't live without some of the other features it provides.

I'm sure that people who are emacs, brief, joe etc. fans would feel the same.

I guess I just feel I've invested a lifetime in becoming "at one" with vi and 
it feels comfortable, so why force myself to use some other ... dare I say 
"inferior" :-) ... editing mechanism.

Sorry; yes, I'm a vim bigot !!  However, I think that if the major editors 
could be component-ised, so to speak, then one could use whatever the best 
IDE was, with whatever they considered the best editor was.  Ie, not 
compromises.

Just my AUD 0.02 worth.