The Return to VIM
Posted on September 18, 2016
“I’ve come full circle in my choice of text editor. After 10 years away, I’m back on VIM”
Vienna, 7pm CET: A lone individual attempts to gain entry to a critical system in the United States via a redirection point in Amsterdam.
This could be the first sentence in a new cyber-espionage thriller. Or it could be the first sentence about regaining the appreciation for a console text editor. Yep, this is definitely about learning to use VI (well really VIM) again.
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