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so in other words you always just use notepad or nano or some editor with almost no features so that you'll never miss missing features ?
by tokyodude 8y ago
so in other words you always just use notepad or nano or some editor with almost no features so that you'll never miss missing features ?
- gnulinux 8y agoIs this assuming everyone else use vanilla nano or notepad?
- jsmeaton 8y agoDespite the tone, I totally agree with you. I strongly dislike the reasoning that suggests you should hamstring yourself 100% of the time to accomodate a potential situation that may affect you 5% of the time. “I don’t use multiple monitors because sometimes I’m just with a laptop”. “I don’t customise my shell because sometimes I have to ssh to a server” “I don’t customise my editor because sometimes I have to use a coworkers editor”. Optimise for the 90%+ of time.
- nickjj 8y agoAbout 7 or 8 years ago I used to optimize for the 5%. I remember thinking exactly what you wrote about customizing your shell. Back then I wouldn't even use aliases because "what if the server I'm on doesn't have it". Such a silly way of thinking but it made so much sense back then. Now I have tons of customizations in the environment I spend 95% of my time and it's way better.
- commandlinefan 8y agoWell, I use IDE's these days, but I stick with the vanilla install. I shot myself in the foot with a highly customized Emacs environment a few times. But that's just me, I guess.