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I learned emacs in the late 1980's -- it is now an ingrained part of my brain. I hate when I have to use an IDE w a different editor -- at least most editors (and GUI components like browser textfields) respond to common emacs key-sequences.



I learned vim and with me is hitting :w<cr> all the damn time. Not to mention pressing <esc> to leave insert mode.

Had to use Android Studio/Eclipse for some time but it was so much harder that I kept trying to find ways to use vim even if I had to memorize or copy/paste package dependencies from Android.

I honestly wish I could use some of the most advanced refactoring tools from IDEs into vim but the way I edit is so ingrained that it's simply not worth it.


This feature makes switching from macOS to most other operating systems annoying, because I keep trying to ^E and realize it doesn't work…


I hit C-x C-s all the time in IDE's and I think sometimes it inserts weird invisible characters into the source -- fun.




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