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Copilot can't exit vim (lemmy.ml)
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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Okay, I'm going to use vim, and you get to use vim's predecessor, ed. I'm sure you won't mind, since vim is soooooo user-unfriendly! Right?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Vim doesn't suck any less because something else is worse

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

My point is that vim's design makes sense if you take into account the historical context that it was developed in.