EDitor wars

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mumblerfish@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 2y (4 replies)

For everyone who has not already, this is so worth a read: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

themusicman@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y

"WYGIWYG" - love it

burrito82@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y

Thank you. I had not read that before. The novice's first steps are just wonderful.

Korne127@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This is awesome. But one question as I'm not so familiar with emacs: Why do they punish someone when trying to use emacs but not vi? Why do you see emacs as something works?

mumblerfish@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Not sure, but I think emacs at least used to have a reputation as a resourse hog and bloated. So maybe that?

Telorand@reddthat.com · 27 pts · 2y (3 replies)

emacs is not that hard. You can learn emacs in one day—every day.

sping@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I really f'ing love Emacs, and... this is true. I'm still constantly learning, 3 decades in.

But that's part of its appeal - it's a constantly evolving, you tweak and modify it for your needs, and you grow and change together.

finestnothing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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sping@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y

it always entertains me when a vim aficionado regurgitates the "just missing a good editor" joke, given that one of the editors Emacs offers is a pretty comprehensive clone of vim.

(personally, I never had any problem with the default editor when I migrated to it from vi, though I was using a keyboard that already had ctrl next to a.)

user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 2y

I mean, it is old. Can't blame it.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I'm afraid to see it's comeback for nano.

velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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lengau@midwest.social · 5 pts · 2y

What about ed?

itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y

I've really been enjoying Helix, which took a lot of inspiration (including key binds, mostly) from Kakoune. It's just missing a plugin system to be perfect, but built in LSP support is soo nice

Andrew15_5@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y

Just use duckduckgo.com and everyone will be happy.

Heavybell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

/usr/bin/joe mama

WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

Y NOT NANO THO? /s

burrito82@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
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burrito82@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y

I meant vim, but no hard feelings.