Firstly, I do use vim for programming (mainly php and sql), but, I also use it as a text editor for typing and writing out stuff. For example, I use it to keep minutes of meetings I attend while I am listening....the commands allow me to skip around the page so much faster than if I was using word or another non-vim text editor.
Also, I am a user of viemu, which emulates vim in Word and outlook....it is a very good program (I have no financial interest in the product, but am a user) I strongly recommend you have a look at www.viemu.com
Basically, the more you use vim, the faster you become....personally, I try to use it whenever I can...I even use the vimperator plugin for firefox...I am so used to the key movements that I hate using the mouse now, it seems slow and foreign to me, almost frustrating.
Hope this helps
Regards
Paul
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Eric Weir <eeweir@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I've downloaded and installed a copy of MacVim. I've peeked at a few of the help topics. [I'd like to run the tutorial, but haven't figured out how to do that, yet.] I'm not a programmer. Far from it. I'm intrigued for a least a couple reasons, the main one being the fact that Vim is command-driven, that everything's done from the keyboard. [My very first experience with an "editor" was with Wordstar on CPM, and I've missed doing everything from the keyboard ever since.] The outliner plugins appeal to me as well. [I was a long-time devote of MaxThink, running it in a DOS Window after moving to Windows from DOS, and in DOSBox under Linux and now on a Mac.] And so does the possibility of using it as a file manager as well as editor.
Still, as I imagine many are, I'm a bit intimidated complexity of the commands and the steep learning curve. So, I'm wondering if there are any ordinary, nonprogrammer writers here who've gotten comfortable with Vim as a writer's editor -- or is that just ridiculous to think of?
Thanks,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA
eeweir@bellsouth.net
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