#vim sublime_text

This is opionated post about Vim cons and Sublime Text pros. I like to use both. I am using now almost exlusively Sublime Text and I am content. Vim motions are zen, but the editor itself is not.

Vim cons

very limiting insert mode

colorschemes

not intended as IDE, doesn’t work with directories very well

defaults are only good for configuration files editing

with lot of plugins simulating e.g. Sublime Text behaviour its rather slower

plugins cant work async IMHO, terrible for linting, formatting, etc.

Sublime Text pros

a lot of great plugins including Vim motions, Git and Markdown with outline, colorscheme chooser with immediate preview, find and replace all occurences in new file view

has outline, fuzzy file opener and more as default

clever by default (closing tags, parenthesis etd, clever deletion, formatting)

understandable directory / project management and configuration

text file configuration, that is optional

multiple cursors, can’t be really reproduced in Vim because of its limiting insert mode

nice details (rounded selection, beautiful selection and cursor)

nice font rendering

simpler to create colorscheme, there is a lot of them (quite important for me)

quickest startup and good overall performance

async linting

Vim pros

has good plugins like nerdtree (the best thing for file management)