If you like, there are configurations that make vim act like conventional text editors[1][2]. To paraphrase Umberto Eco, I like vim for the same reason other pe

If you like, there are configurations that make vim act like conventional text editors[1][2]. To paraphrase Umberto Eco, I like vim for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia. People have their preferences[3]. [1] http://arstechnica.com/open-source/guides/2009/05/vim-made-easy-how-to-get-your-favorite-ide-features-in-vim.ars http://arstechnica.com/open-source/guides/2009/05/vim-made-e... [2] http://cream.sourceforge.net/ http://cream.sourceforge.net/ [3] http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,...