I used to use Neovim until I got tired of it and switched to Helix. I tried Emacs for a bit but turns out that Helix does everything I need it to do without any extra configuration.
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I used neovim for a while, tried NVChad and it just felt off. Ended up switching to lunarvim and I've been really happy with it.
May I introduce you to the simple life of just using whatever text editor and terminal that comes presintalled on your favoraite distro? It's ridiculous how far this can get you, I've been enjoying gnome text ediotor with gnome terminal.
ed is a truly wonderful editor indeed!
The greatest WYGIWYG editor, with an extremely consistent error interface.
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Yeah no thanks. Linting, formatting, LSP integration, Treesitter,... are just kind of essential for programming work. And the advantage of nvim/emacs/... is that you can bend them to your will and preferences.
If you just want to edit some config files, sure, use literally anything. But I need something proper for work, and if I already set all of that up, might as well use it for the config files, too.
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I'm just using my lovely Kate. works well with LSP
me with vscode
You really should use vim though.
The vim key bindings are a lot better.
No (I already somewhat learned Emacs, I ain't gonna learn something new)
That's how the meme goes though. Anytime someone suggests, says something positive about one of vim or emacs, the response should be that they should use the other. π
It's an almost 40-year-old flame war.
Vim is a super fit girl who wants you to go rock climbing with her, and you're kinda scared of her.
Emacs is a big plenty-of-everything roundaway girl who wants to wrap you up in a cuddle and learn to make your favorite food and binge watch nerdy documentaries with you.
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Iβve been using emacs for work for years because the proprietary language I have to work in was set up with emacs as the default editor. I bitched and moaned when I first started because I was used to more modern solutions.
When they finally got VS Code support workingβ¦I stayed with emacs. Stockholm Syndrome, I suspect. But I know what Iβm doing in emacs. Iβm comfortable.
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The problem with Emacs is that it sucks but there is nothing better, and you are getting stuck with it forever. Welcome!
One of my year goals is to change from vsc to vim hehe
This is also my goal! ...since 2020.
I love vim/nvim but I've gotten used to using VIM more as a text editor then an IDE. Writing a script? Taking notes? Maybe even a small program? VIM all the way. Working on a big project that needs an LSP? Either spend the next 20 hours fucking with your VIM config and 20 plugins to get basic functionality... Or just open VSCode and install one plugin
Heres to hoping since NVIM 0.11 with their LSP overhaul I can finnally make the full switch
Good, good! You're on the right way! But remember, there is a world outside your Emacs, don't forget about it.
Save yourself the trouble and just skip ahead: real programmers use butterflies
Good olβ C-x M-c M-butterfly
I keep thinking that as I use vim, I'll feel the need to learn more commands, but I hardly do anything except:
- q, wq, or q!, quit with or without saving
- i, insert
- set:paste, preserves spacing
- Shift-insert, pastes if shift-ctrl-v doesn't work
- / , search for a string (iirc, don't really need it much).
What are your vim GOTOs?
I hope that you use the motion commands at least, because that's the whole point of the separate modes. If not, you should look them up and add some of them to your workflow little by little.
The most basic ones are wand b to go a word forward or back; 0 and $ to go to the start or end of the line, or g0 and g$ for the visual line. f to jump to a particular letter forward. { and } to go to the start/end of the paragraph.
V is useful for selecting whole lines. ctrl-v for block selection (or ctrl-q, depending on your setup).
% can jump or select to the matching parenthesis or brace. With matchit installed, it also jumps to matching keywords like end or HTML tags.
For pasting, you should use p in the normal mode. Also P pastes before the cursor. This is useful for moving text around by deleting it with something like daw, jumping elsewhere, and doing p.
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ctrl+n while typing activates the builtin autocomplete.
Wat.
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