??vim is a important part of a linux os. there is htop but not vim. doesn’t make any sense
vim is a matter of preference - vi is available
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…Says who ?
vi is installed by default … though it is not necessary either.
You can, as with every other package in the repos, easily install vim though if you like.
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You can install it whenever you want.
sudo pacman -S vim
Note:
I work against remote servers.
On some servers, it is not installed.
By default I always find nano pre-installed.
I’ve gotten used to Vim, because I think it’s safer when editing. But it is a personal appreciation.
Well I’m used to nano and that’s it. However other team members seem to like vi: Update Packages-Root (!74) · Merge requests · Profiles & Settings / iso-profiles · GitLab
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I think micro would be even better for novices.
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micro uses standard key bindings.
vi is terrible and does not fit the arrow keys on keyboard.
vim does not support copying to clipboard. (when using :set mouse=a)
gvim is like vim that supports copying to clipboard well. It works as I excepted.
I am using vim (gvim) and micro.
nano version 6 is coming soon.
??not everyone uses vim.
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