[johntdaly]

I used mainly Sublime Text the last years and I know enough vim that it is the most comfortable editor for me on the linux command line. I currently also use Visual Studio Code because my coworkers use it and next month when I switch Jobs I am expected to use IntelliJ.

Using Sublime as my main editor was my choice.

Using vim as my main editor on the linux command line was practical, since it is the default.

Using Visual Studio Code or IntelliJ is a choice that my employer makes for me.

We have so many editors because computers are old and we condensed the number of mainstream operating systems down significantly from what is was in the past so now people that came in contact with various editor traditions are trying to bring those features together in new text editors.

[routeroff]

I understand that employers' choices are not really yours. But why did you choose to use Sublime Text for developing and vim for the command line ?

I don't know very much of vim but I think it is very extensible and can be used as a complete IDE for most of languages. Wouldn't it be more convenient to always use vim over switching between vim and Sublime ?

[johntdaly]

Vim is more of an investment and I tried to really get into vim over the years but I didn’t. I did get good enough with it to use it when sshing into a server. Sublime just clicked. It worked for me from the start. I bought an IntelliJ license at the same time I got my Sublime license and Sublime just worked so much better for me that I never looked back.

So while you might be right from a “logical” standpoint that learning one editor in and out might be the “better” choice, you overlook that I “feel” way more comfortable in Sublime Text and that matters way more for something you use on a daily bases.