Comment on The history of Vim
loopednetwork@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
It was really interesting to read about the slow connection speeds and screen painting being so influential in how many of vi’s commands were conceived.
Comment on The history of Vim
loopednetwork@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
It was really interesting to read about the slow connection speeds and screen painting being so influential in how many of vi’s commands were conceived.
cognitivegears@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Yeah it makes sense - and even now that isn’t an issue, I feel like the ability to “program” your edits is still a great interface for productivity.