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> Nothing beats the JetBrains stack with the IdeaVim plugin > I keep VSCode around for...text editing mostly. Couldn't agree more. I would like an alternativ
by maccard 3y ago
> Nothing beats the JetBrains stack with the IdeaVim plugin
> I keep VSCode around for...text editing mostly.
Couldn't agree more. I would like an alternative to VSCode for text editing/viewing that has fast startup, basic syntax highlighting, tabs, and an auto-saving "unnamed files" feature, but a license for Sublime Text feels way overkill for what amounts to the equivalent of a throwaway notepad
- dizhn 3y agoAutosaving unnamed files is for some reason a feature not many tools implement. I think I've first seen it in Notepad++ and it just makes so much sense. The only thing I found that works like that without getting into sessions etc is Mousepad. It's also very fast to start. Don't know about highlighting. It probably doesn't exist. I would also give Kate a look. It's more capable than it looks at first and is my current note taking solution with a nested folder structure with md files. (It has recursive folder search and tree view of the folders. All I need)
- btreecat 3y agoI've been toying with JB fleet as an alt to VS code. It's certainly not on par yet, but for day to day light editing it's gotten good enough and has someil interesting differences. The last few times I've launched VSC it's been way too many pop ups, notifications, dings, bells and wizzers that I almost forgot the task I opened it for.