Changing the practice of quiting and opening vi (vim) editor?

Question

One of the primary distinction betweeen vi (vim) and emacs, is emacs is designed and supposed to be run at times without quitting, where as given the quick load time of vim, it

Answer 1

Here's good video tutorial that helps with workflow of how and why to use a single Vim session to manage all your edits:

http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/vim-intermediate-tutorial-videos/#onevim