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Comment by RhodesianHunter | Hacker News Reader

>When a product is unusable without changing configuration, it absolutely is a bug

I don't think that adage applies when the target user is the average VIM user

But the average vim user is jumping to new instances often, so if he has to reconfigure it everywhere he might as well install a different editor with a config.

I am not sure thats true. vim does give you extra utility in its availability on a wide variety of server-type platforms, but I suspect most vim users are using it actively for development on their local (or docker etc) boxes

Yep, lots of us "Vim as a local IDE" users out here. I haven't "jumped around machines" in years.

Vim is a nugget of battle-tested familiarity in an industry of constant change.

I have over 100 custom keybindings in my Vim config and can assure you I can still use the default configuration without any issues, it's just a bit slower.

The few settings I find really important can just be quickly set with a couple commands. No big deal.

Lets see, how many commands does it take me to port my entire vim config to a new machine? Ah, right...one.

    git clone https://github.com/MY_USERNAME/vim.git

Not exactly what I'd call a difficult or time consuming method.

you missed the ~/.vim at the end

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