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What exactly is post-modern about this? Perhaps the author means 'retro'.

• frob 5y ago
  The author answers this directly on the page: > Post-modern?! > It's a joke. If neovim is the modern vim, then helix is post-modern.
• IncRnd 5y ago
  > What exactly is post-modern about this? Perhaps the author means 'retro'. That's the absolute first question answered on the linked page. FAQ Post-modern?! It's a joke. If neovim is the modern vim, then helix is post-modern.
• CyberDildonics 5y ago
  I don't know why people put up with this stuff. With something like this it is just a nonsensical joke to make a clickbait title that immediately gets walked back. I never thought people would adamantly defend links like this - "sure they made up something that makes no sense, but they back peddle once you click the link" Not only that, this isn't even a text editor, it is a front end for neovim.
  • bovermyer 5y ago
    "Front end for neovim?" Perhaps you should read the source code before saying such things.
  • IncRnd 5y ago
    > Not only that, this isn't even a text editor, it is a front end for neovim. Why do you believe this is a front-end for neovim and not a text editor?
  • bern4444 5y ago
    Its funny and pokes fun at the larger conversation but I hear you. Though I think its fair since neo vim is referred to and means new vim. The author here likely believes helix to be more modern than neo vim hence, post modern. Whatever, I'm sure you understood that. I enjoyed the humor and think its fair
  • archseer 5y ago
    It's a personal project, I'm allowed to have some fun with the tagline. For what it's worth, I did not post this on HN, and the original title I used on r/rust was "A kakoune/neovim inspired text editor written in Rust". And no, it's not a neovim frontend.
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