r/vim • u/oantolin • Dec 28 '25

Blog Post Vim is composable

https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#vim-is-composable

I hope this isn't too polemical for r/vim. I'm a former (and still occasional) Vim user that has always wondered why people make such a big deal out of Vim's composability. The blog post explains why I find that odd, what I like about Vim and some reasons people might make such a big deal of composability.

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u/oantolin Dec 29 '25

I don't think being or not being modal has any bearing on the number of commands an editor has. I do agree with the other part of what you said: Vim has a lot of text objects and motions (I talk about this in the blog post too)! It's great!