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I took it as a joke. Obviously one shouldn't concern themselves with how their editors store the text while editing. Furthermore macros or rectangular editing (
by simias 9y ago
I took it as a joke. Obviously one shouldn't concern themselves with how their editors store the text while editing. Furthermore macros or rectangular editing (which the author argues are superior to multiple cursors) have exactly the same performance issues on big files. If multiple cursors are really useful then one should use them.
But I think the author makes a good case about why it's a rather pointless feature in the end. Macros and rectangular edition are strictly more powerful than multiple cursors. That's a good reason to prefer them over multiple cursors.
- yorwba 9y agoI'd say multiple cursors are strictly more powerful than rectangular edits, since every rectangle can be outlined using multiple cursors, but they can also cover non-rectangular areas. Macros are of course even more powerful. What I like about multiple cursors is the immediate feedback, although I have yet to see an implementation that can emulate search-and-replace with capture groups.
- shalabhc 9y agoYou can have immediate feedback for search-and-replace without multiple cursors too, no?