renzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMe giving advice about text editorslemmy.worldimagemessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1880
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minus-squareludicolo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·23 hours agoAnytime I open Vim I ask the same question. “how the fuck do I use you?” then go back to nano repeat.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·21 hours agoHave you tried micro? Nano but better.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoAccurate. The keyboard shortcuts just make sense and it’s full of features from this millennia. Like control click for multi cursor, automatic syntax highlighting, and automatic lint indicators.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours agoHave you tried GUI text editors? They’re like the CLI ones, just from this millennium. We’re no longer etching runes into rocks any more either.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 hours agoHopefully tongue-in-cheek. Because sure. Microsoft Word is the best IDE.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours ago Hopefully tongue-in-cheek. No. Because sure. Microsoft Word is the best IDE. Learn the difference between a word processor and a text editor.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoGuess you’re not up on your memes. Frightfully sorry for responding to what I assumed was a meme answer with a meme answer.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoI refuse to use any GUI until people stop pronouncing it as gooey.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 hours agoWell now I’m going to pronounce it gooey even harder!
minus-squareShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoSometimes it’s not so easy to fire up a GUI, like when you ssh into another machine.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours ago Sometimes it’s not so easy to fire up a GUI, like when you ssh into another machine. CLI text editors have their specific use cases. For all other cases GUI ones (Kate, VSCode,…) exist.
Anytime I open Vim I ask the same question.
“how the fuck do I use you?”
then go back to nano
repeat.
Have you tried micro? Nano but better.
Accurate. The keyboard shortcuts just make sense and it’s full of features from this millennia. Like control click for multi cursor, automatic syntax highlighting, and automatic lint indicators.
Have you tried GUI text editors? They’re like the CLI ones, just from this millennium. We’re no longer etching runes into rocks any more either.
Hopefully tongue-in-cheek.
Because sure. Microsoft Word is the best IDE.
No.
Learn the difference between a word processor and a text editor.
Guess you’re not up on your memes. Frightfully sorry for responding to what I assumed was a meme answer with a meme answer.
I refuse to use any GUI until people stop pronouncing it as gooey.
Well now I’m going to pronounce it gooey even harder!
X forwarding is too much work
Sometimes it’s not so easy to fire up a GUI, like when you ssh into another machine.
CLI text editors have their specific use cases. For all other cases GUI ones (Kate, VSCode,…) exist.