I am a programmer. I use ViM. exclusively. Like most who do, you start out a project with passion ultimately creating a pillar of functionality rooted strongly in proper syntax, pragmatic judgement, and clean layout. And probably well documented since you take the time to methodically create a masterpiece.

Every now and then I work with a package of source code so mangled, abused, and bloated that a wholesale rewrite is the immediate reaction. You know what I mean. Your reaction to rewrite is within seconds. One cause…. IDEs. So far, my arch nemesis is … Microsoft Front Page. I encounter a convoluted mess of nested HTML tag so blatantly and inexcusably inappropriate I want to start using emacs…. tag after nexted tag after tag… all wrapping a single ’space’.

Ok… IDE’s have their place. But not in my home.

This one of my favorites…

I hate Windows. No… I hate the windows shell formerly known as DOS CLI. My well-tuned, decade-long crafted hands that are expert at the linux GNU Bash shell and ViM editor bite thumbs to the Windows Shell.

But just when I thought there was no hope…… My life has been reformed.

I know I know. I should be using GNU Linux. But influences from the job require me to deal with Windows on work machines. And I’m tired of the context switching and path annoyances of Cygwin.