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Something I find really interesting is how VIM takes up a huge chunk of the TILs. One of my personal quirks is I feel like those terminal-based editors consume
by methodover 11y ago
Something I find really interesting is how VIM takes up a huge chunk of the TILs.
One of my personal quirks is I feel like those terminal-based editors consume an undue amount of time and energy to learn and maintain. This TIL seems to give a bit of extra evidence for that suspicion. Simpler options have been available for years now (e.g., Sublime). In those rare moments when you do need to edit files on a remote server, nano is always available.
- hugozap 11y agoI'm learning Emacs and you are right, you need time and energy. They are powerful tools so that's expected. I'm enjoying the journey, but it's not for everybody.
- e19293001 11y agoNice to know your learning emacs. Try org-mode to implement the OP's idea.
- morninj 11y agoI agree that the Vim learning curve is steeper, but many of these TILs veer towards higher-level Vim wizardry--the kind of things that most Vim users will never both learning (and will never need to). Many of them are also way beyond the capacity of Sublime or Nano.
- morninj 11y ago*bother learning
- mbrock 11y agoIf you read the basic documentation for these editors, you'll know how to do the basic editing tasks in a day. After that, it's just years of learning more and more—which is a nice journey. Emacs and Vim are standard free software tools, so they get the new language modes and integrations, and they're available everywhere. By the way, I edit files on a remote server literally all day long.
- tinco 11y agoIf I'm not mistaken tpope, one of the most prolific members of the Vim community works at Hashrocket. I can imagine just being around him will result in an endless stream of Vim TILs.