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I've been using micro as my main code editor(well I do use vscode for writing coq but that's the only exception) after 10+ years' time with emacs. I simply trea

by xuejie 3y ago

I've been using micro as my main code editor(well I do use vscode for writing coq but that's the only exception) after 10+ years' time with emacs. I simply treat micro as the modern compromised version of acme. It almost has all the features to support the core idea of acme, I have written a plugin to exploit this direction: https://github.com/xxuejie/micro-acme https://github.com/xxuejie/micro-acme So far it has been working perfectly for me.

antics9 3y ago
Same here. Went from Emacs to Acme, while using mg in the terminal. Now I’ve customised Micro to get that Acme feel.
alberth 3y ago
Knowing nothing about micro, is there a reason why development has slowed down over the last 1-2 years? https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags
- aslilac 3y ago
  because it's a text editor that's already fully capable of editing text. not every thing needs to constantly evolve and add features at a break-neck pace.
  - alberth 3y ago
    Emacs, which is ~40 years-old, still regularly has multiple updates per year. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html
    - fermentation 3y ago
      You can order pizza and get a quote for a mortgage within emacs
      - KingMob 3y ago
        Oh yeah! Good ol' C-x M-x M-pepperoni-fixed-rate...
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- zyedidia 3y ago
  A big reason is because I started a working towards a PhD recently, and so I've been more focused on that. I think micro has also reached a relatively stable spot, where it would only be significantly improved with some large new features. It is serving its purpose well as a simple/familiar terminal-based editor. I have plans to give it more love and release a version 3, but no timeframe.
  - cssanchez 3y ago
    As a faithful user of micro for the last couple of years, just know that its one of the first things I install in a new system along with the fish shell, especially in servers I have to manage via console. Thank you so much for your work!
  - MattyRad 3y ago
    I recognize that username :) Thank you so much for micro, it's singlehandedly the best terminal editor I've ever used, and I use it every day!
  - az09mugen 3y ago
    Thank you so much for micro ! I've been using it every day since 1 year and I'm a fan. I'm really glad you achieved to bring it to a stable spot. Congratulations also to keep it that way and not fall into 'a vim mode could be great' as some users requested.
  - oblio 3y ago
    Hi! Great editor! It could use a fix for saving hidden files on Windows :-(
  - xuejie 3y ago
    Like other comments here, just want to say thank you for this amazing editor! It has been my primary code editor for the past few years. I did use a few different editors for specific purposes(vscode for interactively proving coq code, joe/nvi for editing super large files), but micro does provide what I need in 90% of the cases :P
cmrdporcupine 3y ago
I keep trying stripped down terminal editors as alternatives to emacs -- because these days I use like 1% of emacs anyways -- but I always severely miss the common emacs major modes for C/C++ etc and especially its approach to indentation there (tab to force correct indent). I really wish other editors would follow this convention.
- drbaba 3y ago
  > I really wish other editors would follow this convention. In editors with configurable keyboard shortcuts, you can bind this to tab yourself. For example, in Vim, the normal-mode command `==` would correctly reindent the current line. (Here, `=` is an operator, so you can also apply it to other regions like `=i{` to reindent correctly everything inside braces.) To bind tab to reindent correctly in normal and visual mode, you can put this in your vimrc: nnoremap <tab> == vnoremap <tab> = You can also remap it in insert mode if you want, but then you might want to throw some if-statements in there to determine when to indent and when to reindent :)

by xuejie 3y ago

antics9 3y ago

Same here. Went from Emacs to Acme, while using mg in the terminal. Now I’ve customised Micro to get that Acme feel.

alberth 3y ago

Knowing nothing about micro, is there a reason why development has slowed down over the last 1-2 years? https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/tags

aslilac 3y ago
because it's a text editor that's already fully capable of editing text. not every thing needs to constantly evolve and add features at a break-neck pace.
- alberth 3y ago
  Emacs, which is ~40 years-old, still regularly has multiple updates per year. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/history.html
  - fermentation 3y ago
    You can order pizza and get a quote for a mortgage within emacs
    - KingMob 3y ago
      Oh yeah! Good ol' C-x M-x M-pepperoni-fixed-rate...
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zyedidia 3y ago
A big reason is because I started a working towards a PhD recently, and so I've been more focused on that. I think micro has also reached a relatively stable spot, where it would only be significantly improved with some large new features. It is serving its purpose well as a simple/familiar terminal-based editor. I have plans to give it more love and release a version 3, but no timeframe.
- cssanchez 3y ago
  As a faithful user of micro for the last couple of years, just know that its one of the first things I install in a new system along with the fish shell, especially in servers I have to manage via console. Thank you so much for your work!
- MattyRad 3y ago
  I recognize that username :) Thank you so much for micro, it's singlehandedly the best terminal editor I've ever used, and I use it every day!
- az09mugen 3y ago
  Thank you so much for micro ! I've been using it every day since 1 year and I'm a fan. I'm really glad you achieved to bring it to a stable spot. Congratulations also to keep it that way and not fall into 'a vim mode could be great' as some users requested.
- oblio 3y ago
  Hi! Great editor! It could use a fix for saving hidden files on Windows :-(
- xuejie 3y ago
  Like other comments here, just want to say thank you for this amazing editor! It has been my primary code editor for the past few years. I did use a few different editors for specific purposes(vscode for interactively proving coq code, joe/nvi for editing super large files), but micro does provide what I need in 90% of the cases :P

cmrdporcupine 3y ago

I keep trying stripped down terminal editors as alternatives to emacs -- because these days I use like 1% of emacs anyways -- but I always severely miss the common emacs major modes for C/C++ etc and especially its approach to indentation there (tab to force correct indent). I really wish other editors would follow this convention.

drbaba 3y ago
> I really wish other editors would follow this convention. In editors with configurable keyboard shortcuts, you can bind this to tab yourself. For example, in Vim, the normal-mode command `==` would correctly reindent the current line. (Here, `=` is an operator, so you can also apply it to other regions like `=i{` to reindent correctly everything inside braces.) To bind tab to reindent correctly in normal and visual mode, you can put this in your vimrc: nnoremap <tab> == vnoremap <tab> = You can also remap it in insert mode if you want, but then you might want to throw some if-statements in there to determine when to indent and when to reindent :)