![]() This is likely because I've been playing the piano intensely since I was a child, so my fingers are very fast. From :help binary: This option should be set before editing a binary file. ![]() The underlying reason for this is probably that I'm very much a keyboard person having to use a mouse (even a touchpad or the IBM/Lenovo "joystick" mouse) slows me down massively. 8 Answers Sorted by: 124 The simplest way is to use the binary option. While I see their advantages, I've so far always ended up abandoning them, because they have such crappy editors built in. I've tried various IDEs (like the Borland Java IDE, and then eclipse). When I had to use Windows for serious programming work, I bought an emacs-emulator called "epsilon". While we enjoy Vim’s binary editing feature, we do not present an in-depth discussion about potential serious issues to consider while editing binary files. I still can barely use vi if I get stuck on a machine without emacs, editing is a big pain to me. A friend who already had ~10 years of Unix experience recommended this crazy editor that came out of MIT called "emacs", and it's been what I've used for the last several decades. ![]() I ended up instead ftp'ing files to the VAX and back for editing. ![]() I initially used vi for a few weeks, but the experience was nasty. Editing a file in Vim can be a smooth process with the right know-how. When I started using Unixes (about 29 years ago), I came from mainframe experience (on MVS that's ISPF and clones like Wylbur and Newlib, and on VM Xedit, which were all full-screen editors using the 3277 hardware) and from VMS (meaning edt and eve). ![]()
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