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On text editor related topics, you should have thrown down the gauntlet and been explicitly clear that emacs rules, vi sucks, spaces are supreme, tabs are terri
by DonHopkins 1mo ago
On text editor related topics, you should have thrown down the gauntlet and been explicitly clear that emacs rules, vi sucks, spaces are supreme, tabs are terrible, and mixing them is miscegenation. That way you only offend evil people, so their downvotes are delightful. Revel in them instead of whining!
Since you enjoy beautiful machinery, here are some classic clockworks:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44633225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44633225
https://donhopkins.com/home/documents/EmacsRedisplayAlgorithm.pdf https://donhopkins.com/home/documents/EmacsRedisplayAlgorith...
https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/emacs/skull-and-crossbones.txt https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/emacs/skull-and-crossbon...
https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/emacs/mw/display.c https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/emacs/mw/display.c
https://donhopkins.com/home/code/emacs.ps.txt https://donhopkins.com/home/code/emacs.ps.txt
https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/news-tape/utilities/term/term.ps https://donhopkins.com/home/archive/NeWS/news-tape/utilities...
- pmkary 1mo agoVery good life lesson. I'm forever thankful.