Bait taken. Side bet won. Point proven. Thou shalt not criticize VI/VIM/Emacs or anything remotely Linux related on HN.
Now let's see if we can get enough downvotes to put me in negative territory.
Now let's see if we can get enough downvotes to put me in negative territory.
Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them.
and
Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you.
Somehow, I don't think your being downvoted was a result of your non-constructive "criticism".
With VIM, it's not that it's an editor, or old, but downright archaic. Folks just won't let go.
https://code.google.com/p/vim/source/list
Which, in this case, seems to be 5 hours.
I would love to take credit for having read that prior to using the word archaic. I didn't. I formed my own opinion. I just happened to find that blog post a few minutes ago while searching on Sublime Text 2. The fact that he expresses my thoughts much more elegantly than me fills me with envy.
But he's correct.
Did you read the replies on reddit where this was originally posted to where there are rebuttal to the author's claims?
http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/1aq1lx/just_use_sublime...
Vim is a text editor and that's it. If you want it do be an IDE you're going to have a bad time. I'd recommend this piece on Unix as IDE
Voice control is a more advanced means of communicating with a computer, keyboards are not all we have anymore. What you're saying is contradicted by what's demonstrated right here.
Voice works right now with vim's text manipulation language, have a look at the vim golf example. This ancient technology could be used to make voice editing a reality for people who would rather learn 'delete five lines' than "5dd". I haven't yet seen another editor that would allow code be manipulated this was with voice controls, besides emacs. It's a testament to the configurability and extensibility of vim that it can stay current in this manner.
VimGolf is basically a challenge to make certain edits with as few vim commands as possible.
Unless I am mistaken, google glass uses the android voice recognition software.