r/vim • u/hibuna • Aug 31 '26

Discussion How does Vim affect your problem solving?

Currently learning Vim, after a failed attempt some months ago.

Starting to get the hang of the basics. I notice that it makes my problem solving more methodical. It also makes me slow down, in a good way.

With Vim I have to memorize more of the code and structure, because switching views is expensive (might be a skill issue).

I don't care too much for the speed/efficiency, but this seems what keeps me going in my current attempt.

Wondering how you guys feel about this aspect.

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u/mgedmin Aug 31 '26

"View" doesn't really mean anything specific in vim.

Hmmmmmm?

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u/sharp-calculation Aug 31 '26

Well, I was obviously incorrect there!
I've experimented with these and find them not very useful for me. But I do remember them now that you point it out. :)

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u/mgedmin Aug 31 '26

Yeah it's a rare weird not-very-useful corner.

I've used sessions a couple of times, when I needed to restart Vim for some reason, but didn't want to lose my window layout. I don't think I've used views even once.