vim

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enki

MarkofCain

otherchirps

ubersoldat

sceptreofjudah

xyb

ntoll

paulsmith

mmai

frankwiles

Ben

1stvamp

bitprophet

daniellindsley

andrewseidl

RossP

madewulf

bocke

bkmontgomery

mikl

Kanru

mfandreas

davidpaccoud

durden

claytron

greyfade

honzakral

mwalling

justinlilly

nrb

Josh

joe

floyd

zurich

tswicegood

brutasse

whaley

nnrcschmdt

adamcik

xxv

d3f3nd3r

joalcorn

iamteem

beaugunderson

wzzrd

karlstolley

Da_Nuke

collypops

andrew

bkad

jbeigel

nsmgr8

joshontheweb

beshrkayali

gnubardt

foomor

ranman

thaostra

chris

shaung

ellisonleao

jeffszusz

gridaphobe

mnilsson

tomwolber

trey

johnthedebs

nimasmi

mhh91

yawmark

mgill25

skytreader

angelausy

enki - 30 years

MarkofCain - 30 years

otherchirps - 30 years

ubersoldat - 28 years

sceptreofjudah - 27 years

xyb - 27 years

ntoll - 27 years

paulsmith - 11 years

mmai - 26 years

frankwiles - 26 years

Ben - 25 years

1stvamp - 25 years

bitprophet - 25 years

daniellindsley - 25 years

andrewseidl - 24 years

RossP - 24 years

madewulf - 24 years

bocke - 24 years

bkmontgomery - 23 years

mikl - 23 years

Kanru - 23 years

mfandreas - 23 years

davidpaccoud - 22 years

durden - 22 years

claytron - 22 years

greyfade - 22 years

honzakral - 22 years

mwalling - 21 years

justinlilly - 21 years

nrb - 21 years

Josh - 21 years

joe - 21 years

floyd - 20 years

zurich - 20 years

tswicegood - 20 years

brutasse - 20 years

whaley - 20 years

nnrcschmdt - 20 years

adamcik - 20 years

gg - 19 years

xxv - 19 years

d3f3nd3r - 19 years

joalcorn - 19 years

iamteem - 19 years

beaugunderson - 19 years

wzzrd - 19 years

karlstolley - 19 years

Da_Nuke - 18 years

collypops - 18 years

andrew - 18 years

bkad - 18 years

jbeigel - 17 years

nsmgr8 - 17 years

joshontheweb - 17 years

beshrkayali - 17 years

gnubardt - 17 years

foomor - 17 years

ranman - 16 years

thaostra - 16 years

chris - 16 years

shaung - 16 years

ellisonleao - 16 years

jeffszusz - 15 years

gridaphobe - 2 years

mnilsson - 15 years

tomwolber - 15 years

trey - 15 years

johnthedebs - 15 years

nimasmi - 14 years

mhh91 - 14 years

yawmark - 13 years

mgill25 - 13 years

skytreader - 13 years

angelausy - 12 years

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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

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frankwiles

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

Kanru

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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

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joe

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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

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whaley

2005–

my favorite plain text editor

tswicegood

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nnrcschmdt

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floyd

2005–

still my favorite.

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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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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

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nsmgr8

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I love it! Period!

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

ellisonleao

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ranman

2009–

I <3 my vim.

shaung

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chris

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johnthedebs

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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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