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Originally Posted by Sparkyshires
Is vi/vim really that impressive? I've been meaning to learn it for a while, but the learning curve has always struck me as not worth it. I never realized it was that popular until now 
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The nice thing about VIM or Emacs for that matter is you can keep both hands on the keyboard. 'Normal' editors force you to use your mouse quite frequently which increases editing time (though a lot of IDEs have come a long way).
Also since everything is keyboard/shortcut based there are tons of extra features that you can access very quickly, instead of having to remove your focus from your code to navigate menus and such. Because of this there is a learning curve, but if you do a lot of programming it can increase your productivity.
Also the
Editor War is still ongoing.