I hate how easy VSCode is to use. I want to learn NeoVIM, but the fact that VSCode just kinda works with whatever you throw at it with minimal configuration makes finding the energy to switch hard.

I don't want to spend weeks configuring my editor...

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any editor can save your files, but only Emacs can save your soul.

[+] semioticbreakdown@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Rev 2

(defun get-soul () 
"Return soul"
  (interactive)
  (with-current-buffer "soul"
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (thing-at-point 'soul)))

[–] cerealkiller@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

VSCodium my man. Privacy and FOSS.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's what I use outside work lol, Fedora Workstation and VSCodium Insiders

It's still just VSCode though, but without all the Microsoft telemetry

[–] atyaz@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't take it too seriously it's a fine editor.

Even though I use nvim I wouldn't really recommend it because yeah there's setup time and some things are a little rough around the edges.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

I'm nano and VSCode for most things, but I have started using micro for stuff where I don't want to leave the terminal and it's pretty decent

[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

If you ever want a simple neovim config I’d happily give you something to start with for your use case

The real difficulty comes in learning the keybinds and built in features lol

[–] underisk@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are configuration bundles that do a lot of the heavy lifting for you. Kickstart is the one I liked most but it’s one of the lighter ones so you’ll still have some setup to do. Check out Lazyvim if you want something that’s heavier but comes with a lot of (opinionated) configuration already handled.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Use astronvim, it's super easy to use right out of the box and is almost feature complete to vscode without any plugins.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was going to chime in with "Use Emacs" but then I realized I don't actually use Emacs, I use Emacs as a boot-loader to magit /hj

But yeah, if you're going to move away from VSCode, just drop into Emacs because it's going to be the same time-commitment essentially.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

I'm honestly probably not going to until I absolutely need to. I tend to do a lot of large changes that I break out into smaller commits after a session and the workflow in Codium/VSCode for that is really slick. Just pop open the diff and stage/revert ranges of code with the mouse.

Also reverting blocks is easy when you just click a "revert block" button that lives between the diffs. I love using keyboard, but when I'm reviewing code I prefer to do it with a mouse.