> I started to look at Vim as a line editor first and a text editor second. Indeed, if you look into it, the original intention of Vi was to serve as a visual front for a line editor called ex. And I think it shows. What it means in practice is that Vim encourages you to start your edits with the cursor placed at the start of the line. When you are in this place everything goes smoothly. And when you go against the grain all kinds of bad things start happening.
