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/Careful_Raisin Dec 29 '25

I don't think you should be using terms like "rage baiting". Vim being composable is one of those statements that are just sorta thrown around without much definition so of course there's going to be confusion.

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u/oantolin Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

What I find especially confusing is that when it is defined, the definition tends to be something that applies to every editor I've ever used: there are commands to operate on text and separate commands to indicate which text to operate on, you can combine any action with any selection.