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Grex > Jelly > #74: The Great Text-Editor Holy War Item. | |
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gull
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response 63 of 80:
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Aug 28 20:59 UTC 2007 |
I think it mostly comes to personal preference. I just don't like
vi/vim's two modes. I prefer a non-modal editor. Having to switch
modes messes with my workflow, especially when I forget and find myself
typing in the wrong mode. (And then having to delete the 27 copies of
the letter 'a' I just inserted.) I also find deletions in vi pretty
awkward; deleting a single character requires two keystrokes.
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cross
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response 64 of 80:
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Aug 28 21:27 UTC 2007 |
No it doesn't.
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gull
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response 65 of 80:
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Aug 28 23:02 UTC 2007 |
There's a way to do it other than "d [space]"?
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cross
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response 66 of 80:
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Aug 28 23:22 UTC 2007 |
Yes, `x' will delete the current character.
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sholmes
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response 67 of 80:
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Aug 29 01:45 UTC 2007 |
But you have to press ESC first to get into the command mode ?
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unicorn
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response 68 of 80:
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Aug 29 03:58 UTC 2007 |
Not if you're already in command mode. And if you're not, then you most
likely want to delete the last character entered, in which case, the
backspace key works just fine.
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cross
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response 69 of 80:
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Aug 29 04:13 UTC 2007 |
Regarding #67; What Chuck said. But if you're doing d-whatever, then you're
already in command mode.
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remmers
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response 70 of 80:
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Aug 29 17:36 UTC 2007 |
Like David, my preference is for non-modal over modal; when editing
text, it's more convenient in most cases to be in insert mode by
default, and, if you need to do some special command, to be returned to
insert mode automatically rather than having to type something like "i"
to get back into it.
It's not a strong preference, though. I've done so much vi-ing that
it's hard-coded in my brain now, so I'm comfortable using it even though
I prefer emacs. Guess that means I'm bi-editorial.
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remmers
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response 71 of 80:
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Feb 1 16:56 UTC 2008 |
http://xkcd.com/378/
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cross
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response 72 of 80:
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Feb 4 00:50 UTC 2008 |
Nice.
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remmers
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response 73 of 80:
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Feb 23 15:08 UTC 2008 |
A bit of editor news: Richard Stallman is stepping down as Emacs
maintainer after 32 years.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-02/msg02140.html
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mcnally
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response 74 of 80:
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Feb 23 23:49 UTC 2008 |
Finally agreed to take that job working for Microsoft, eh?
:-p
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gull
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response 75 of 80:
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Feb 25 19:00 UTC 2008 |
Maybe his Emacs Pinky Syndrome is playing up again.
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mcnally
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response 76 of 80:
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Feb 25 20:36 UTC 2008 |
/emote "toys with the idea of writing a 'Princess Bride' parody
where Stallman is consumed with searching for the six-fingered
man who killed his father."
It would explain so much..
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tod
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response 77 of 80:
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Feb 28 14:21 UTC 2008 |
re #74
Maybe he's going to help Bill Gates with his new LinkedIn account?
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dtk
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response 78 of 80:
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Jan 7 00:13 UTC 2013 |
resp: 56 - I believe this should remedy that behavior by converting the
\\t to four spaces. IIRC, even auto-indenting will respect that.
set tabstop=4
-DTK
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cross
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response 79 of 80:
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Sep 30 14:33 UTC 2014 |
resp:76 "My name is Richard Stallman. You killed my AI lab. Prepare to
die."
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papa
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response 80 of 80:
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Feb 14 04:46 UTC 2017 |
Ed, man! !man ed
When I'm feeling lazy, Emacs is comfortable like lasagne. vi
is fine for a light snack (not bloaty vim - if I want bloat,
I'll load Emacs), or nano.
I actually do use ed for quickly creating small files or when
I'm on an under-powered or limited-keyboard terminal, like my
smartphone.
When I'm retro-computing, I like to learn the default editor
for the system I'm using, TECO and pre-GNU EMACS on ITS or
EDIT/EDT on VMS.
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