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I'm one of them.

bee_rider 5y ago
I don't really know why anyone in their right mind would use emacs, but it isn't like it costs anything but a minuscule amount of disk space to keep it around, so who cares? The war is over now we must all ally against VSCode and any other web-browser-as-a-text-editor monstrosities. Except nano users, they don't get a vote.
- webmobdev 5y ago
  Isn't VSCode built with electron?
  - astoriafloyd 5y ago
    Yeah exactly, a web-browser-as-a-text-editor.
    - adolph 5y ago
      You can run in browser as well https://vscode.dev/ https://vscode.dev/
    - webmobdev 5y ago
      Talk about bloat - so we now need to install another mini os in our os to run a text editor? :)
- wrycoder 5y ago
  In the olden times, it was Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping.
  - mech422 5y ago
    My fav was "Emacs Makes A Computer Slow" ... though, that was 20 years ago :-D
  - toast0 5y ago
    Eight megabytes sounds svelte these days.
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  - 6502nerdface 5y ago
    And today it's Generally Not Used Except by Middle Aged Computer Scientists.
  - dekhn 5y ago
    literally true; my first linux box didn't fly until I upgraded from 4MB to 16, at which point I could run emacs, g++, a shell, and X windows at the same time.
- GeorgeTirebiter 5y ago
  I find VScode really slows me down. Gotta WIMP things that are 'wired' from my brain to the kbd via emacs. I honestly do not at all understand why anybody would use VScode except to cut people's productivity. At least, for me, anyway. I work in the embedded space, so C on the metal, and lots of python elsewhere.
  - bee_rider 5y ago
    I prefer vim, but some things VSCode has going for it: * The plugin system seems fairly decent, and given it's popularity, there's usually a plugin for most things. There's a decent vim-mode plugin, linters that would take me a while to get working in my .vimrc, etc. * It is fundamentally closer to a text editor than an IDE, so it'll do sane things like give you the option to use the system's python installation rather than some janky, ancient built-in version. I dunno. I tutor for an intro programming class, getting them to install anything or work on the command line can be an uphill battle, VSCode is the best editor that will get widespread adoption in that kind of environment I think.
    - CalChris 5y ago
      I use neovim in VSCode. My setup is neovim (via brew) + VSCode + VSCode Neovim (extension) + clangd (as a language server) with which I am extremely happy.
      - threatofrain 5y ago
        Would you mind sharing your setup?
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        CalChris 5y ago
        MacBook Air install VSCode brew install nvim install XCode command line utils for clangd alternatively, install clang with brew in VSCode install the clangd VSCode extension in VSCode install VSCode Neovim extension There's one bug that annoys me and I think it's a VSCode bug. You can navigate right by hitting the space bar. But tapping it multiple times corrupts the line buffer. This doesn't happen with right arrow.
- zbobet2012 5y ago
  Once you learn the shortcuts it's hard to unlearn them. And they work in every text field on Linux if you set the option.
- solarmist 5y ago
  I use it because I hate vim and need a decent CLI based editor when I ssh into machines. That is becomming less and less common though with good deployment tools.

I'm one of them.

I don't really know why anyone in their right mind would use emacs, but it isn't like it costs anything but a minuscule amount of disk space to keep it around, so who cares? The war is over now we must all ally against VSCode and any other web-browser-as-a-text-editor monstrosities. Except nano users, they don't get a vote.

webmobdev 5y ago
Isn't VSCode built with electron?
- astoriafloyd 5y ago
  Yeah exactly, a web-browser-as-a-text-editor.
  - adolph 5y ago
    You can run in browser as well https://vscode.dev/ https://vscode.dev/
  - webmobdev 5y ago
    Talk about bloat - so we now need to install another mini os in our os to run a text editor? :)
wrycoder 5y ago
In the olden times, it was Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping.
- mech422 5y ago
  My fav was "Emacs Makes A Computer Slow" ... though, that was 20 years ago :-D
- toast0 5y ago
  Eight megabytes sounds svelte these days.
- deleted 5y ago
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- deleted 5y ago
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- 6502nerdface 5y ago
  And today it's Generally Not Used Except by Middle Aged Computer Scientists.
- dekhn 5y ago
  literally true; my first linux box didn't fly until I upgraded from 4MB to 16, at which point I could run emacs, g++, a shell, and X windows at the same time.
GeorgeTirebiter 5y ago
I find VScode really slows me down. Gotta WIMP things that are 'wired' from my brain to the kbd via emacs. I honestly do not at all understand why anybody would use VScode except to cut people's productivity. At least, for me, anyway. I work in the embedded space, so C on the metal, and lots of python elsewhere.
- bee_rider 5y ago
  I prefer vim, but some things VSCode has going for it: * The plugin system seems fairly decent, and given it's popularity, there's usually a plugin for most things. There's a decent vim-mode plugin, linters that would take me a while to get working in my .vimrc, etc. * It is fundamentally closer to a text editor than an IDE, so it'll do sane things like give you the option to use the system's python installation rather than some janky, ancient built-in version. I dunno. I tutor for an intro programming class, getting them to install anything or work on the command line can be an uphill battle, VSCode is the best editor that will get widespread adoption in that kind of environment I think.
  - CalChris 5y ago
    I use neovim in VSCode. My setup is neovim (via brew) + VSCode + VSCode Neovim (extension) + clangd (as a language server) with which I am extremely happy.
    - threatofrain 5y ago
      Would you mind sharing your setup?
      - deleted 5y ago
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      - CalChris 5y ago
        MacBook Air install VSCode brew install nvim install XCode command line utils for clangd alternatively, install clang with brew in VSCode install the clangd VSCode extension in VSCode install VSCode Neovim extension There's one bug that annoys me and I think it's a VSCode bug. You can navigate right by hitting the space bar. But tapping it multiple times corrupts the line buffer. This doesn't happen with right arrow.
zbobet2012 5y ago
Once you learn the shortcuts it's hard to unlearn them. And they work in every text field on Linux if you set the option.
solarmist 5y ago
I use it because I hate vim and need a decent CLI based editor when I ssh into machines. That is becomming less and less common though with good deployment tools.