As an old vim graybeard, more power to you.

I'd recommend checking out `vim -y` as well. (And once you try _that_, you'll likely have a question, the answer to which is Ctrl-l.)

To others on this thread decrying this as heresy: leave 'em be. Let everyone use whatever editor flows works for them.

Programming is hard enough without having to conform to other people's beliefs of how _you_ ought to use your own editor!