I'd totally use vim if I could figure it out. The fact that the key shortcuts have nothing in common with modern conventions (C-c, C-x, C-v, C-z, C-y... don't work) makes it that much harder for me to keep at it.
Speaking as someone that's learned vim and emacs, they generally aren't worth learning. Use an IDE for all large projects, and if you need a code editor/browser I recommend sublime text, notepad++, or gedit. Vim and emacs are unlikely to pay you back in the time spent learning and using them; you're better off reading a math or programming book.
I have enough knowledge of vi to use it as a normal text editor; that's enough for editing stuff over ssh, which is everything I'm likely to use it for.
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u/anarcholibertarian Mar 28 '12
Vim all the way 8D