Derbasti

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by Derbasti 14y ago
OK, conceded!
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by Derbasti 14y ago
3D text editing? Why?
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by Derbasti 14y ago
True, REPLs are possible in Vim. Terminals are possible, too. It's not that anything is impossible (it's software, right? So anything is possible), but how easy it is. Emacs was built for that. Vim was not. Which by the way does not say any
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Display graphics in Vim? A REPL within Vim? This is precisely the main advantage of Emacs over Vim: Connecting to external processes and doing more than just text editing. (Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that Vim is bad. But this kind
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Lets say scooter, not pedal bike because bicycles are awesome!
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by Derbasti 14y ago
+1 for magit. That is an awesome wrapper for Git! (I pretty much stopped using Tower since I learned magit.)
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by Derbasti 14y ago
There are really really great Git GUIs out there. Tower is the one example everyone is citing. That said, Tower is a largely transparent wrapper around the git command line. Pretty much every button corresponds to one and only one command i
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by Derbasti 14y ago
It is absolutely amazing. I think it would be pure gold in the classroom.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
That is what I am using. But if I weren"t, I'd use Sublime Text over Chocolat or Textmate, because it is cross-platform.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Two questions: 1. Is it scriptable? 2. Does it have macros? These are honest questions. The website did not mention anything at first glance. But without those, I would not consider it a serious text editor. On the other hand, it not being
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And not cross platform. Open Source would be nice, too, but I would not consider it a strict requirement.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Do what you must. But just in general, I would recommend you to try stuff. Especially if it seems foreign or strange to you but many people seem to like it. I remember when I was argueing just the way you are now. Maybe you will follow my s
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Funny, I bought it more or less right away and ended up using Emacs instead. I still don't feel bad about it though. It is a worthy tool in my belt and I love to support it.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
It is great! It really is! Give it a shot just to see what we Emacsens are missing. But if you're like me... Well, Emacs is a way of life and it does a whole lot more than just editing text. I would love to have smooth scrolling and multipl
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Oh yes, sir. So much yes! Incidentally, why is it that so much software on Windows is "under-designed"?
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Everything is in text files. This is awesome if you want to move your config to a different machine (or gasp OS). Give it a try. It is not as bad as it looks on first sight. You'll get used to it and probably appreciate it a bit in no tim
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by Derbasti 14y ago
See, I tried to use Visual Studio and I must admit I don't "get it". Actually, I'm not mocking you there. This is the truth. But I don't get many things. So I end up compiling with VS and editing code in Emacs, because VS does not have a sh
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by Derbasti 14y ago
It just wants you to be a nice person. I appreciate that.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
> vastly superior to an IDE but way underpowered to compete with vim or emacs. That one made me laugh!
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I would wager that Qt's chances of survival are greater than Nokia's. With Nokia's current Microsoftian strategy, the earlier they part ways, the better for Qt.
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Great work! I would love to see a compatible org-mode for Vim! Basically, every editor should support org-mode. It is really awesome!
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by Derbasti 14y ago
As far as Vim goes, it is pretty stellar. Pretty much everything I tried is there and works as expected. There are even some Vim plugins that have been recreated for Evil (i.e. surround). As far as Emacs goes, well, it has less problems tha
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by Derbasti 14y ago
From the article: Use Lua for scripting. Use Tcl for command line interaction. He has a point there. Lua is nice enough to write, but it is `func(arg, 'strarg')` where Tcl is appearantly `func $arg arg`. If I have to type that into an inter
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by Derbasti 14y ago
I call standard makefiles as a pre-build or post-build task in Visual Studio. The pre-build task even generates some source files that are subsequently used in the build. Just make sure you have make.exe in you PATH and maybe defer the call
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by Derbasti 14y ago
So... is this maps thing going to work in Europe?
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by Derbasti 14y ago
Yes, ohhh, yes, I want that!
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I, too, very much enjoy debugging at times. There is something very satisfying about digging deep into some code base and coming out triumphant with that elusive single-line fix. It makes you feel like you are smarter than the code's author
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But you can say that about virtually every topic out there.
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But that is mostly a function of the size of your gas tank and not so much about fuel efficiency.
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Honestly, the official book is just so very good and Lua is just so very compact that I don't quite see the need for a tutorial like this. But whatever, someone spent a lot of effort doing this, and it does not seem bad, so more power to th

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