How I use my terminal

I love this, I've been iterating on workflows like this for something like a decade now. Over time I've tried to peel back as many of my custom layers as possible, because all of those layers have a maintenance cost.

Stock Vim (without `tmux`) can actually do most of what's shared in this post with `rg --vimgrep restore_tool | vim -c cb -` (`vim -c cb -` is my favorite feature in Vim; I find it strange that it's so rarely used or talked about).

(Since re-running the `rg` search can be undesirable, and I often like to analyze results in a terminal before opening them in Vim. I use a custom `tmux` command to copy the output of the last command [using this trick that involves adding a Unicode character to your prompt https://ianthehenry.com/posts/tmux-copy-last-command/], then I send that into Vim with e.g., `tmux saveb - | vim -c cb -`.)

Can someone sell vim to me?

I can't help but see it as the tiling window manager of text editors.

Even with plugins it's less featureful than Kate or Jetbrains IDEs. And the last time I really gave it a go, it was slow, which is surprising for a terminal text editor.

If I need to edit text via the terminal, micro has mouse support and keybindings that match what you'd expect in any OS.

I don't like the idea of thinking people who use vim are insane, it obviously has value and people who use it have good reasons for using it, but I can't see it as more than a niche nerd thing a la tiling window managers.