Hardly sounds like either a bug or a showstopper when you can rebind any command
Besides, the whole point of Vim bindings is supposed to be that they are the same everywhere (muscle memory yadda yadda yadda). When you have to change core bindings to something random to make them work, that whole idea falls apart, and you're probably better off using the platform standard bindings for everything. Plus, you get the additional benefit that the software fits in with the rest of the system, rather than sticking out like a sore thumb.
I don't think that adage applies when the target user is the average VIM user
Vim is a nugget of battle-tested familiarity in an industry of constant change.
The few settings I find really important can just be quickly set with a couple commands. No big deal.
git clone https://github.com/MY_USERNAME/vim.git
You don’t hear the Arabic, Chinese or Greek crowds complain about this, they just switch layouts.
No, the point is customizability to tweak it to your personal needs. Vim has the most flexible keybinding system I've seen in a program so far. If you want "same everywhere" any editor will do. I have never in my life seen anyone make this argument that one of the most customizeable editors is meant to be used without configuration.
> you're probably better off using the platform standard bindings for everything
Or maybe I use Vim exactly because it fits my workflow better than the standard that was designed for the average user as a series of historical accidents?
> When a product is unusable without changing configuration, it absolutely is a bug
It's not a bug, it's a design based on how 99% of input devices in the region it was created in work. Just like US electrical appliances that you can't just plug into European power sockets. And honestly you're blowing this way out of proportion, very few Vim keybindings are incompatible with QWERTZ keyboards. I know because I used Vim for years with a QWERTZ keyboard and never felt limited by that.
No, the whole point of ViM bindings is that MY bindings are the same everywhere. That's why it's main config is a simple textfile that I can just `git clone` or `sftp` onto whatever machine I intend to spend more than a few seconds writing code on.
Which, incidentially, is something that is an absolute PITA, if it's possible at all with the more "modern" editors, or on the off chance it isn't a PITA, usually depends on some specific platforms offerings.
> Plus, you get the additional benefit that the software fits in with the rest of the system, rather than sticking out like a sore thumb.
Well, from my PoV, what with i3 desktop, vim in the terminal, and the browser being the only GUI application that I use regularly, vim seems to fit in pretty well with everything else.