> Sure the initial set up is difficult. But once it's done, it's done
Are you trying to argue that it could not be made quicker and easier, and that there'd be no benefit to making it quicker and easier?
I think Vim is great and if, as seems the case, a lot of people are put off it because of the large amounts of up-front effort it requires, then anything which helps lessen that initial effort is a good thing in my books.
I think it's a shame that there's often a kinda moralising attitude towards this issue - as if the present level of up-front effort is how things should be, and if, for whatever reason, you aren't prepared to put up with it, then they're not a "Vim person".