Insert mode is a great text writing app on its own, but normal mode is the best text editor I have encountered.
Being able to move to a specific part of a file quickly, edit a specific part of a file quickly, repeat that edit on a different part of the file (with .), write out an editing action as pain text and save that as a macro... The list goes on.
The only thing I don't like about vim (normal mode) is that the keybinds and context are hardcoded. Sure, you can remap them, but that only gets you so far.
Being able to move to a specific part of a file quickly, edit a specific part of a file quickly, repeat that edit on a different part of the file (with .), write out an editing action as pain text and save that as a macro... The list goes on.
The only thing I don't like about vim (normal mode) is that the keybinds and context are hardcoded. Sure, you can remap them, but that only gets you so far.