I like micro
Ah, nice one! Didn’t realize it could even be done.
in highschool my physics teacher used vim to write stuff, like most times when checking if everyone was in class he’d just open vim and type people’s name in there
Emacs
(ducks)
Emacs is what the unified linux desktop should be
I use vi from an Emacs Shell, which was spawned from an Emacs GUI.
No
link the vi command to emacs, and you’ll be able to say you use vi
This is the way.
Vi hasn’t been updated since 2005. Aren’t everyone just using vim or neovim?
I use whatever the machine gives me when I type
vi, I assume it’s usually vimHuh,
vifor me has always been actual vi, not vim. Didn’t know some systems symlink vi to vim.A long time ago, someone posted advocating symlinking
vitoemacs. Evil, but entertaining.
What makes 6 so popular?
Because vii viii ix
* laughs in Latin *
Java? vi!
COBOL? vi!
SVG? Believe it or not, vi!/s
BMP? vi and control-v!
WAV? There’s probably a plugin for that!
Editing excel spreadsheet? VI
Excel files (.xlsx) is just an archive of some XML files and whatnot, so sure you could edit them in vim.
Though I’d rather edit them in CSV format
Everyone at work is using Cursor these days, except for me using neovim and my emacs loving coworker. When we present during pair programming our coworkers go nuts over watching our workflows and trying to figure out if they can do similar things in Cursor lol.
Neovim and emacs are both incredibly heavy. I would rather just use something like VScodium.
Nano and Vim are small and quick.
tbh they probably can, it’s just more
ctrlinvolvedProbably!
I know this is supposed to be a joke. But, VI is awful, and i can’t believe anybody would use that over a modern editor. But, I know some people who like it.
Most people just use vim
Modern “vi” is typically a symlink to vim, and as long as compatibility is disabled it’s very useful; especially when working over ssh or quick and dirty config editing that doesn’t warrant a full blown ide to be started up.
Nano is for that purpose
It is a pain for larger files. It small and light but doesn’t have the same featureset.
Literally the only thing I code in at work. Have done so for decades.
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
Yeah, it’s a dinosaurs tool for people who refuse to adapt to new stuff.
how do you tolerate the 0 and $ to jump to the ends? it’s so painfully inconvenient and made me switch to helix where it’s g->h and g->l. do you not use the default keymap?
You could also do
IorAfollowed byescfor the same effect.Most often though I use
/or?to just go specifically where I want.you can change that if it bothers you
yeah ik, I’m just curious about how people deal with it
Most nvim users I know have their setup very much customized. That takes time, effort and is a pita. But afterwards you have a tool that just works like you want it to work, and is super fast (at least compared to VSCode).
Muscle memory mostly. I miss vim keybinding when I have to type in anything else, including Lemmy.
Shift-A and Shift-I to append at the end or insert at the start.
Once you know the system, it’s much easier to do everything without having to take your hands off the keyboard to use a mouse.
I prefer vim, but vi is nice too. (I miss Vimperator for Firefox)
It’s just so fast when you get it down. It works well with a cli-only work flow. Why use mouse when type very fast?
There’s immense pleasure and honor in writing C the way our ancestors did.
Why use mouse when type very fast?
Vim actually has pretty good mouse support too if you turn it on!
If you liked vimperator, you might like https://qutebrowser.org/
it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and that’s fine. It’s not awful though. Arcane, yes. very powerful? also yes.
Nano is just better and I’ll happily die on this hill
No
Nano is easier to get into, but far more limited.
And easier to get out of…
Is it? If it wasn’t printed on the bottom, would you really be able to guess Ctrl+X, Y, Enter any easier than colon, q, Enter?
The key difference here is “it’s printed at the bottom”.
I don’t immediately need a user guide to tell me how to save and exit the program
xoff ignored mumble mumble
It is very fast
VI is life
If you don’t have one to begin with, sure, I guess. For everyone else, there’s Nano.
Skill issue
