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Amen. Anecdote: be on Windows. Need text editor to open 100MB file. Notepad sucks. Wordpad actually loads the file, but I just can't. Think about getting Notep
by lunias 8y ago
Amen.
Anecdote: be on Windows. Need text editor to open 100MB file. Notepad sucks. Wordpad actually loads the file, but I just can't. Think about getting Notepad++. Decide to try out Atom because the UX looks nice. It can't load the file; have to kill the process. Install Emacs. Just works.
These things are cool for your portfolio, but they are less effective than 40 year old alternatives.
- JepZ 8y agoYeah, in some situations those oldschool tools are just much more capable than their modern counterparts. Never had any filesize problems with sed and dd :D