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by yodsanklai 1099 days ago
My usage is similar. I also use all the time

- shift - v - } to select a block, or v - w to select a word. It's not strictly needed but help ensure selecting the right stuff

- ctrl i - ctrl o for navigation

I've never been able to use tabs, buffers, multiple file edition, that's just too much overhead for me. I rely on vscode for that.

That being said, I don't think using vim gives me a competitive advantage. I'm also rather proficient using standard OS shortcut. I like vim out of laziness, it minimizes hand motion, but don't make that big of a difference IMHO.

(also lots of young guys use vim too, some younger guys in my team even refuse to use vscode...)

EDIT: also vi adds a lot of value in the terminal where standard OS shortcuts don't work, at least on MacOS (i'm waiting for comments telling me how to make them work!)

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You can just use nvim _as_ the terminal itself:

nvim +startinsert -u $HOME/.i3/terminal.init.vim term://bash

A post with more customizations: https://www.balajeerc.info/My-New-Favourite-Terminal-Emulato...