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Who uses, recommends or left Vim, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
18 people
I use NeoMutt as my email client. It lets me comfortably compose all my mail in my favorite text editor, Vim.
His Uses This interview, on a deliberately minimal Linux and terminal setup.
2019-10-04·usesthis.com ↗
For general text editing, nothing quite beats vim.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the tools he drafts novels with.
2018-12-07·usesthis.com ↗
This approach has even revived my usage of Vim, which lacks AI integration.
Post laying out his agentic-coding practices and tool choices.
2025-06-12·lucumr.pocoo.org ↗
For writing software I full-screen a terminal and use Vim. Ctrl+Z for a shell.
His Uses This interview, on the four machines he split his work across in 2021.
2021-06-07·usesthis.com ↗
The app that I use the most within the terminal is Vim for text and code editing.
His Uses This interview, on whiteboards, redundant hardware and software minimalism.
2019-06-20·usesthis.com ↗
My text editor is vim. My IRC client is WeeChat and my email client is mutt.
His Uses This interview, on his workstation, laptops and free-software stack.
2019-01-17·usesthis.com ↗
I don't use IDEs. I write programs with vim and use both gcc and clang as my main compilers.
His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.
2016-06-09·usesthis.com ↗
I use Vim as my editor. I've been using Vim for about 16 years, my entire programming career. I've been using Vim for so long that I basically can't switch.
His written "Uses This" interview, from when he worked on Ruby at Red Hat.
2016-01-28·usesthis.com ↗
Since everything I develop is for the web, I use Vim on the command line, and I run my development servers there too.
His Uses This interview, on developing bots and small web projects from a Chromebook.
2015-01-20·usesthis.com ↗
When I connect to a Linux box, I use vim as a text editor. For various reasons, I tend to write a lot of my software in vim.
His Uses This interview, on his laptops, tablets and research toolchain.
2013-11-05·usesthis.com ↗
While the software is running Vagrant, I edit text in vim.
An interview in "The Setup", the usesthis.com series that asks people what hardware and software they use to get their work done. Answers are in their own words.
2013-07-02·usesthis.com ↗
For editing text, I use vim. Again, I'm not really a power user of vim. I'm a very proficient vi user that probably still thinks of vim as new-fangled.
His Uses This interview, on a large pile of machines, music gear and everyday software.
2013-01-31·usesthis.com ↗
My editor is vim, and my web browser is chromium.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: a netbook-only, off-grid, solar-powered development setup.
2012-10-30·usesthis.com ↗
I do all of my writing and programming with Vim in a terminal.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing and programming setup behind pandoc.
2012-05-25·usesthis.com ↗
My default text editor is Vim, and keep my daily todo list as a text file in a git repo.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
Most of this is just about switching to one text editor - Vim - for everything, including writing email, blog posts, notes, HTML, style sheets, and code.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his Glassboard years.
2012-02-17·usesthis.com ↗
My main applications are GNOME Terminal, VIM, and Chrome. I do all my coding in VIM.
His Uses This interview, on the four machines he worked across at Google.
2010-11-02·usesthis.com ↗
Development tools: zsh, vim, git.
An interview in "The Setup", the usesthis.com series that asks people what hardware and software they use to get their work done. Answers are in their own words.
2010-08-27·usesthis.com ↗
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