[lloeki]

> i doubt any Maya pilot even has the tool bar on the screen.

I don't know Maya nor 3D editoes but I can see how this can be irrelevant, as it would be like comparing your favorite IDE keyboard shortcuts with vim's command mode. vim's power is in its modal interface and command composability thanks to text objects, adjectives and verbs. Also, having views handled like vim's buffers+tabs+windows instead of fixed situations.

To sum it up, vim is not just a bunch of hjkl keybindings. If this tool enables such a grammar and vocabulary in command mode, along with top to bottom scriptability of the editor's behavior, then it's worthy of the vim moniker. Otherwise it's just a misleading name.