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"I've seen [visual] editors like that, but I don't feel a need for them. I don't want to see the state of the file when I'm editing." Ken Thompson
by pmoriarty 6y ago
"I've seen [visual] editors like that, but I don't feel a need for them. I don't want to see the state of the file when I'm editing."
Ken Thompson
- loa_in_ 6y agoI actually think it's something I hate as well, but I never tried going without. It's distracting, sometimes I drift just because lines are not aesthetically pleasing, and I don't really want to stretch concise python lines to compensate. Ed might just be the solution.
- fencepost 6y agoThis was actually a nice thing about WordPerfect in a terminal window instead of Word on a Windows box back in the day. With just plain text and markup indicators (yes, TeX was also an option for this kind of thing) you focused on the content not on "oh, I need to rephrase that so it wraps better."