I like that you do not have to take your hands off of the keyboard. Vim has so many shortcuts and the ability to record macros to build the most efficient and customizable workflow that you can manage. When you understand Vim it gives you additional confidence to be able to use any unix machine. You can also add plugins to extend it or even import your own settings onto any machine remotely.

It is very quick and low resources consuming piece of software. It represent clearly all the text that I need to review and also a quick shortcut to modify code.

I prefer using VIM as my default text editor because it is very lightweight although I have added many external plugins in it. It provides easy navigation in the code and replacing the existing code. It works with major languages such as Python and Javascript, which I use the most in my coding for providing the syntax highlighter to correct the errors. It also has very fast access without requiring the mouse when compared to ATOM. Connection through SSH is excellent for remote systems. It is an open source text editor and has a large user community backing it up.