I went to VIM because of the powerful things you could do. Search and replace is usually tedious on IDEs, involving windows that popup and disappear, and retyping things a lot. Experimentation on changing is usually quite time-consuming.
With VIM, you try it, and if it doesn't work, a single keystroke gets you back where you were and a couple more retrieves the last thing you tried, which you can edit.
Similarly, moving or changing chunks of text is much easier on VIM than any IDE I've ever found.
And finally, you can have all that power on any system. I've yet to find a server that didn't at least have VI, and usually VIM.
With VIM, you try it, and if it doesn't work, a single keystroke gets you back where you were and a couple more retrieves the last thing you tried, which you can edit.
Similarly, moving or changing chunks of text is much easier on VIM than any IDE I've ever found.
And finally, you can have all that power on any system. I've yet to find a server that didn't at least have VI, and usually VIM.