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It isn't for everyone. I have never come across a real need for more than standard ASCII in any of my work. It absolutely isn't needed for managing unix config
by throwawayboise 5y ago
It isn't for everyone. I have never come across a real need for more than standard ASCII in any of my work. It absolutely isn't needed for managing unix config files, which is the primary use case for "lightweight" editors like this.
- selfhoster11 5y agoCongratulations on English being the one and only language you use to make quick notes, then. I personally mix in words from my native language wherever I need an extra bit of semantic precision, and I'd rather not have to switch between editors to do so.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoNot to sound dismissive, but that is a rather niche use case
- selfhoster11 5y agoFor multilinguals (which is over half of the world's population), throwing in terms from another language or entirely switching to a different language mid-sentence during a conversation is entirely normal. I can't imagine it being that rare in personal notes.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoSure, but how many of that number are keeping personal notes in vi?
- selfhoster11 5y agoPresumably, any number that prefer a terminal based workflow, or have the Vi key scheme burned into muscle memory. Or those that prefer an ultra-minimalist text editor for writing. Just a decade ago, it was almost a meme that the Emacs and Vi factions fought over which editor is better. I imagine that those that truly bought into the Vi ecosystem/fandom use it in preference to other available options.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoYou're speaking to a veteran of said editor wars (vi won, naturally) and I still think the number of folks you describe is small these days. I imagine most have switched to a more GUI-friendly editor.
- trn 5y agoI dogfood OpenVi and use it for OpenVi development, however, 99% of my normal programming workflow is (terminal-based) NeoVim. The other 1% is Eclipse or VSCode ... and I have VSCode setup to use the embedding functionality of NeoVim.
- throwawayboise 5y ago> Congratulations on English being the one and only language you use to make quick notes, then It is. If it weren't, I would not use this editor.