vim

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otherchirps

MarkofCain

enki

ubersoldat

xyb

ntoll

sceptreofjudah

mmai

paulsmith

frankwiles

Ben

daniellindsley

bitprophet

RossP

madewulf

bkmontgomery

mikl

mfandreas

Kanru

honzakral

claytron

greyfade

davidpaccoud

durden

justinlilly

joe

Josh

mwalling

nrb

brutasse

zurich

whaley

tswicegood

nnrcschmdt

floyd

adamcik

xxv

iamteem

d3f3nd3r

beaugunderson

joalcorn

karlstolley

wzzrd

Da_Nuke

andrew

bkad

collypops

beshrkayali

nsmgr8

jbeigel

joshontheweb

gnubardt

foomor

shaung

thaostra

ranman

ellisonleao

tomwolber

jeffszusz

mnilsson

gridaphobe

trey

johnthedebs

mrlemke

mhh91

otherchirps - 18 years

MarkofCain - 18 years

enki - 18 years

ubersoldat - 16 years

xyb - 15 years

ntoll - 15 years

sceptreofjudah - 15 years

mmai - 14 years

paulsmith - 11 years

frankwiles - 14 years

Ben - 13 years

daniellindsley - 13 years

bitprophet - 13 years

RossP - 12 years

madewulf - 12 years

bkmontgomery - 11 years

mikl - 11 years

mfandreas - 11 years

Kanru - 11 years

honzakral - 10 years

claytron - 10 years

greyfade - 10 years

davidpaccoud - 10 years

durden - 10 years

justinlilly - 9 years

joe - 9 years

Josh - 9 years

mwalling - 9 years

nrb - 9 years

brutasse - 8 years

zurich - 8 years

whaley - 8 years

tswicegood - 8 years

nnrcschmdt - 8 years

floyd - 8 years

adamcik - 8 years

xxv - 7 years

iamteem - 7 years

d3f3nd3r - 7 years

beaugunderson - 7 years

joalcorn - 7 years

gg - 7 years

karlstolley - 7 years

wzzrd - 7 years

Da_Nuke - 6 years

andrew - 6 years

bkad - 6 years

collypops - 6 years

beshrkayali - 5 years

nsmgr8 - 5 years

jbeigel - 5 years

joshontheweb - 5 years

gnubardt - 5 years

foomor - 5 years

shaung - 4 years

thaostra - 4 years

ranman - 4 years

ellisonleao - 4 years

tomwolber - 3 years

jeffszusz - 3 years

mnilsson - 3 years

gridaphobe - 2 years

trey - 3 years

johnthedebs - 3 years

mrlemke - 2 years

mhh91 - 2 years

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1997–

And I'm still learning how to use it.

ntoll

1998–

My editor of choice.

sceptreofjudah

1998–

Vim is so powerful and extensible I am continually amazed at what I find and what I can do with it.

xyb

1998–

paulsmith

1999–2009

Switched from vi to vim at my new job that had mapped /bin/vi to /bin/vim on a Redhat 5.2 box and never looked back. Still use it when I'm ssh'd in for a quick file review but moved to Emacs in 2009 for the majority of my editing.

mmai

1999–

frankwiles

1999–

bitprophet

2000–

The One True Editor (unless you are an emacs heathen -- not that there's anything wrong with that...) Could write reams of text about why it's so awesome but this isn't a review site (you may be forgiven for thinking as much if you see my other entries).

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2002–

My favourite editor. No matter what else I try, I keep coming back to VIM.

Kanru

2002–

bkmontgomery

2002–

Came back to vim... still learning.

honzakral

2003–

My only editor and still loving it

greyfade

2003–

claytron

2003–

Modal editing is where it's at!

davidpaccoud

2003–

My #1 editor for programming and sysadmin.

durden

2003–

justinlilly

2004–

Finally figured out that there was a difference between this and vi around 2004 or 5.

Josh

2004–

joe

2004–

nrb

2004–

Started playing with VIM in 2004 when I was trying to learn Linux, but didn't really get into it until 2009-2010.

mwalling

2004–

My one (other... hi honey!) true love

brutasse

2005–

I'm not switching to emacs.

adamcik

2005–

whaley

2005–

my favorite plain text editor

tswicegood

2005–

nnrcschmdt

2005–

floyd

2005–

still my favorite.

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2006–

I've used GVim off and on, but don't like how it does indentation (no, my preferred indentation isn't PEP8 compliant)

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2007–

Use for quick editing while ssh-ing into dev boxes

bkad

2007–

Started using it because there wasn't any other reasonable option on the Solaris machines. Only really started to understand it in 2010.

Da_Nuke

2007–

I took it on Linux class too. This editor made me realize why the console can get actually comfortable once you get used to it. To save a file with a Mexican keyboard, you hit Escape Shift+Period W Enter Insert; do this countless times because you have the reflex of saving every 10 seconds, and it comes off by pure and simple muscle memory.

beshrkayali

2008–

nsmgr8

2008–

I love it! Period!

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2009–

Started using it because I wanted a better environment for coding. It's really good, but I still have much to learn.

ellisonleao

2009–

ranman

2009–

I <3 my vim.

shaung

2009–

johnthedebs

2010–

Still getting comfortable with this as the learning curve is pretty steep. I've got problems with TextMate that I think vim might be able to address so I'm willing to give it a shot.

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