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Why use VIM/Nano/Emacs over VS Code? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Kelho@lemmy.ml to c/programming@lemmy.ml
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Hey everyone!

I was just wondering why one would use any of the programs I mentioned above instead of VS Code to write Code.

Can someone give me a brief overview of the advantages?

Thanks in advance!

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[-] lemmyng@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago

If you frequently work on remote systems you frequently only get command line access, where you can still use vim/nano/emacs but not a full IDE like VS Code. In that case you might find it more convenient to learn one text editor well and forgo the IDE.

[-] Rescuer6394@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

you can use vscode over ssh, without installing anything on the remote system.

[-] lemmyng@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

There's a long list of caveats when running VS Code over SSH. By comparison, text editors:

  • Work on Alpine remotes
  • Work on older distributions, and other *NIX systems
  • Have no problems with SSH key passphrases or security keys
  • Only require a few MB of memory
  • When run in tmux are largely resilient to SSH connection issues
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