I’ve had to use vim once or twice. It’s… fine. Not really my thing. I’m a nano guy (or, ideally, VS Code).

Yes, started using vi when I started using a Unix login at university. That was in about 1994 or so. When I started using Linux it was definitely vim.

I’ve tried using evil-mode and vim keybindings in other editors. I somehow keep coming back to vim, though.

I have never been on a machine where I can’t install and use nano. I can use vi / vim / nvim, but I don’t have muscle memory. I have tried to convert away from nano, but it’s just too easy and what I have been used to over nearly 2 decades on Linux. I have nvim installed with a few plugins and a bit of a custom config, but anytime I need to do something important or complex I jump into nano. If I remember and am not in a rush I’ll jump into nvim to try and practice.

I prefer NeoVim, but now I’m trying out Guile Scheme, and the best Lisp support is in Emacs from what I understand, so I’m currently attempting to stop using Vim commands in Emacs.

I use to use vim but I discovered org mode so I use emacs.

Recently I been doing programming on plan 9 so I been using acme.

No, I use Neovim. But this I use 100% of the time.

Neovim for any text editing including code, but this thread tempted me to try helix.

Micro for basic stuff I find it better than nano or VScode for code stuff. I’d like to try neovim at some point.

For much, not for all.

System and user files are pretty close to one another in NixOS, so I use it for both. Sudoedit is set to vim, but I have a kitty and neovim (technically it’s nnot nvim, it’s nvf so I can config it in Nix instead of Lua) environment that tiles quite nicely and uses nonconflicting keymaps.

I use mod+hjkl for navigating my window manager, too, which has led to an interesting situation. Hyprland just migrated to Lua from Hyprscript, and Neovim uses a lot of Lua for inbuilt commands and stuff, so you’d think I’d be thrilled to write them both in the same language. Instead I just sigh at the greener grass because I already configured them both in Nix.

I do use Obsidian (with Vim binds, and monospace source mode as default for everything except tables) for my markdown viewer / primary notekeeping cloud sync, and Kate for previewing media that needs to be formatted right as a .doc or .pdf.

Some Obsidian notes are handled with Vim, actually. I have a script that sets up a new Zettelkasten note with automatic tags and opens it in Neovim, because I find it faster than Obsidian when I have a single thought and need to write it before it’s forgotten. Thanks ADHD. I write Zettelkasten like little scripts of code - unique, atomic, referencing and importing each other, with a unique version history, and Vim’s great at that.

On the terminal yes.

On GUIs I generally use an IDE or VSCodium with vim keybindings.

Yes. I also use vim here (in this Web textarea where I’m typing this answer) thanks to Tridactyl.

I used to use neovim primarily, but mostly use Kate now, as I’ve switched away from programming for the most part. I’ve had plenty of situations where the only text editor available is vi, and I’m able to get by no problem. I do usually prefer nano over vi if it’s an option, though that may get me crucified lol

I only use vim when it’s the only option… so like 99.9% of the time 😞

nano for most editing vimdiff for comparing files (Ie .pacnew files)

Yes. I started using it years ago and have been unable to exit ever since.

But honestly related to your question, I started learning to use vim exactly because when I started to learn and use Linux I was often stuck in situations where that was the only thing available.