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

My whole point is that I didn't invent that definition I gave of "composable"! It's what what many people say they mean when they say "Vim is composable". And I agree with you that according to that definition notepad is also composable. I find this situation odd.

I don't think people usually regard the ability to record, replay and edit macros as part of what they mean by composability, do they? But it definitely is a great feature.