What makes 6 so popular?
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Because vii viii ix
LXIX my balls! Haha got'em.
Believe it or not, this is the second time I got to make that joke within an hour.
* laughs in Latin *
Emacs
(ducks)
I use vi from an Emacs Shell, which was spawned from an Emacs GUI.
bro tryin' to summon a demon... /s
Emacs is what the unified linux desktop should be
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Editing excel spreadsheet? VI
Excel files (.xlsx) is just an archive of some XML files and whatnot, so sure you could edit them in vim.
Though I'd rather edit them in CSV format
Vi hasnβt been updated since 2005. Arenβt everyone just using vim or neovim?
I use whatever the machine gives me when I type vi, I assume it's usually vim
Huh, vi for me has always been actual vi, not vim. Didn't know some systems symlink vi to vim.
A long time ago, someone posted advocating symlinking vi to emacs. Evil, but entertaining.
vim has a limited "vi-mode" that it uses if you call it as vi. so it could still be vim.
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Not to imply that Vi is perfect, but Vi is perfect. What do you need an update for? /s
We don't want a viditor, we want an editor. Why? Because ed is the standard!
Java? vi!
COBOL? vi!
SVG? Believe it or not, vi!
/s
BMP? vi and control-v!
WAV? There's probably a plugin for that!
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Everyone at work is using Cursor these days, except for me using neovim and my emacs loving coworker. When we present during pair programming our coworkers go nuts over watching our workflows and trying to figure out if they can do similar things in Cursor lol.
What is Cursor, another AI-infested slop?
It's a version of VSCode with deep AI integration. I'll say, it's pretty good from a workflow perspective. But I just use Avante to similar effect.
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The comments on this post went exactly like they have over the past 20 years, with one exception.
Emacs is all but forgoten.
Vim wins.
Recently, I recommended to a friend that basic vim/vi is worth learning because it's a baseline that you can always trust will be there across different Linux systems.
They asked me what I used most on my home system, and the answer was emacs, but I was very clear that I was not recommending it. It's a particular kind of person who finds themselves at home in emacs, and for everyone besides those people, selling them on emacs would feel like persuading them to do hard drugs.
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I know this is supposed to be a joke. But, VI is awful, and i can't believe anybody would use that over a modern editor. But, I know some people who like it.
Literally the only thing I code in at work. Have done so for decades.
Can't stop, won't stop.
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Modern βviβ is typically a symlink to vim, and as long as compatibility is disabled itβs very useful; especially when working over ssh or quick and dirty config editing that doesnβt warrant a full blown ide to be started up.
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I prefer vim, but vi is nice too. (I miss Vimperator for Firefox)
Itβs just so fast when you get it down. It works well with a cli-only work flow. Why use mouse when type very fast?
Thereβs immense pleasure and honor in writing C the way our ancestors did.
Why use mouse when type very fast?
Vim actually has pretty good mouse support too if you turn it on!
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it's not everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine. It's not awful though. Arcane, yes. very powerful? also yes.
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in highschool my physics teacher used vim to write stuff, like most times when checking if everyone was in class he'd just open vim and type people's name in there