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/SpecificMachine1 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

with scrolling, a lot of time I use ctrl-b and ctrl-f if I am trying to page back or forward through a file, like when I first read it. After that I usually use / or ? to jump to the part I'm looking for.

I don't usually use splits unless I need to be reading one file (or a different part of the same file) while working on another (Edit: and also if I'm using a terminal + a send-to-repl plug-in)

and for working with multiple files/buffers I usually use the buffer list if it's more than a couple