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Charlie Stross

Absolutely not THIS is the peak of user interface design!
mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/11

A terminal window containing a vim text editor session, showing what vim 7.3 displays when you run it with no arguments:
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Scimon Proctor

@cstross

Only because it shows :q on the page (and negative points for not showing :q! )

I have never forgiven vi for not starting in insert mode. And I never will.

When I open a text editor I want to type stuff and it to appear on the screen.

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Wombatadon

@scimon @cstross so, ...
Emacs
(looking for my flame proof underwear)

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MarjorieR

@tjbutt58 @scimon @cstross so, Emacs, better or worse?
I vote for Gimp as worst commonly used FOSS UI.

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Charlie Stross

@marjolica I have made many attempts to get used to emacs, over decades. EVERY SINGLE TIME I got shooting pains in my wrists within hours. Guess what? The FSF are infamous for all their developers having repetitive strain injuries.

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Elena ``of Valhalla''

@cstross @marjolica a lot of the people I know that use emacs use evil mode or something like that (i.e. an implementation of the vi user interface) as their text editor

just saying :D

Charlie Stross

@valhalla @marjolica I tried to love evil mode, but frankly, nvim and a custom plugin load-out is smaller, works better, and is faster.

Mar 20, 2025, 01:49 PM·Public·Ivory for iOS
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