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Umeshism: "If you're using all the features of your editor, you're not using a good enough editor."

jayceekay 5y ago
What if you're using neovim with all its possible plugins and moving like a god. It's given neovim is the best editor. What then?
- thewakalix 5y ago
  "What if you simply arrive at the perfect time to every flight, neither too early nor too late?" Nobody can ever do that, so it's pointless to ask. (I suppose that if you built your own editor this might be true, but if you have your own plane then you're never early or late to your flight either.)
- kamaal 5y ago
  Use what you can to get work done. Either way other people using a tool or not using a tool shouldn't effect you doing the same.
andi999 5y ago
Wait.. Emacs is an editor?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Remember, UNIX was born as a typesetting system; apparently, many great OSs start with text editing;)
  - riskneutral 5y ago
    > UNIX was born as a typesetting system Do you have a link about this by any chance?
    - linschn 5y ago
      This is a simplification of Unix history, but is in accordance with the fact that the first eager knon programmer) users of Unix were the people typing patents applications at Bell Labs. See e.g. "unix, a history and a memoir" by Brian kernigan
      - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
        I was thinking of it being sold to management as a typesetting system because Bell didn't do OS development. Unfortunately I don't have a reference immediately at hand.
        kqr 5y ago
        That's funny. Not at all related but the Sidewinder heat-seeking missile got its budget from the fuses department, because it was "an intelligent fuse". (That's where it got its budget, but formally it was sold to management as "a rocket with fire control inside" because China Lake was allowed to work on rockets and fire control – they were expressly forbidden to work on guided missiles.)
    - daptaq 5y ago
      Maybe https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html might help.
- Buttons840 5y ago
  No, Emacs has an editor. If you're using Evil it even has a good one. ;)

What if you're using neovim with all its possible plugins and moving like a god. It's given neovim is the best editor. What then?

thewakalix 5y ago
"What if you simply arrive at the perfect time to every flight, neither too early nor too late?" Nobody can ever do that, so it's pointless to ask. (I suppose that if you built your own editor this might be true, but if you have your own plane then you're never early or late to your flight either.)
kamaal 5y ago
Use what you can to get work done. Either way other people using a tool or not using a tool shouldn't effect you doing the same.

andi999 5y ago

Wait.. Emacs is an editor?

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
Remember, UNIX was born as a typesetting system; apparently, many great OSs start with text editing;)
- riskneutral 5y ago
  > UNIX was born as a typesetting system Do you have a link about this by any chance?
  - linschn 5y ago
    This is a simplification of Unix history, but is in accordance with the fact that the first eager knon programmer) users of Unix were the people typing patents applications at Bell Labs. See e.g. "unix, a history and a memoir" by Brian kernigan
    - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
      I was thinking of it being sold to management as a typesetting system because Bell didn't do OS development. Unfortunately I don't have a reference immediately at hand.
      - kqr 5y ago
        That's funny. Not at all related but the Sidewinder heat-seeking missile got its budget from the fuses department, because it was "an intelligent fuse". (That's where it got its budget, but formally it was sold to management as "a rocket with fire control inside" because China Lake was allowed to work on rockets and fire control – they were expressly forbidden to work on guided missiles.)
  - daptaq 5y ago
    Maybe https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html might help.
Buttons840 5y ago
No, Emacs has an editor. If you're using Evil it even has a good one. ;)