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    [–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 month ago (9 children)
    [–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Getting used to vim has made nano unusable for me. The muscle memory is too strong. That and all of the regex and plugin features (ex. LSP) are just too useful.

    [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Only a Vim user can call RegEx an advantage

    [–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I use macros to solve most of the same problems. You just on-the-fly record a sequence of regular vim commands that you can then replay as many times as you need. Great for formatting a bunch of data without having to deal with the misery of regex

    [–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

    Also a good choice. Just never had the need since I knew a bit of regex before learning vim.

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