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What does this joke actually mean nowadays, when Vim, VScode, etc. have similar amounts of plugin complexity?
by shadowofneptune 4y ago
What does this joke actually mean nowadays, when Vim, VScode, etc. have similar amounts of plugin complexity?
- smitty1e 4y agoNobody else seriously tries to set up their editor as an OS service, move in completely, and view the rest of the system with the disdain that Haskell people view side effects.
- AdmiralAsshat 4y agoI don't know anyone who brags about using vim to check their email.
- shadowofneptune 4y agoThis is the first result on Google for "vim email": https://opensource.com/article/20/1/vim-email-calendar https://opensource.com/article/20/1/vim-email-calendar The author also uses Emacs. The article consists of writing a bit of VimScript and downloading some plugins, in a way that is much like installing a plugin on Emacs. The old editor war was about if extensibility should even be in a text editor, whether was bloat. Since Vim can support this and has plugins like it used often, the real cultural differences Emacs appear to be dead.
- zem 4y agothey ship with decent text editors
- codemonkey-zeta 4y ago> Vim, VScode, etc. have similar amounts of plugin complexity? They don't. They are quite good, but those editors are not even close to as configurable as Emacs. It's orders of magnitudes different, even today.
- alfiedotwtf 4y agoFor the past 20+ years, I've ignored Emacs because I chose Vim at the beginning... but only the past few months I've started to read about Emacs and now know what people mean. Emacs isn't "just an editor"... consider it a library of macros that you use to create your own editor!