Team vim, team emacs, or team “my editor doesn’t start wars”? One line, no essays. Go!
@hotter21 notes26 replies2 tags, 3 users following5 followers#Emacs, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.enter to followenter to reply
Team #vim4 notes2 followersenter to follow for 10 years then switched to team #Emacs5 notes0 followersenter to follow, another 10
@avioli4 notes12 replies0 tags, 1 user following2 followersProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.enter to followenter to reply
Turncoat!
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I tried Emacs for a while thee other year. It has a lot of the PIM apps Linux is really missing and I liked the "s-expression" motions but for the most part I didn't really like the editor. I do prefer readline in Emacs mode though, everyone should learn that.
@hotter21 notes26 replies2 tags, 3 users following5 followers#Emacs, dev, life, random stuff. the netherlands.enter to followenter to reply
what's wrong with the editor part? the only complaint I have is word-treatment, but that's on me, if I want I can customize it, but I'm lazy there.
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#Cursor1 note0 followersenter to follow user here - can't live without its tab completion and #vscode3 notes0 followersenter to follow's features - also all integrations I need are there
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I'm really out of the loop of modern ai coding tools, but I thought cursor was a separate IDE entirely
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It started as a #vscode3 notes0 followersenter to follow fork but now has also one extra interface that is agentic only - which I never use - I prefer the good old IDE and it's nice that they keep them both.
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Ah, that makes it clear then. Thank you. I feel I kinda need to get up to speed with ai coding tools, having been on parental leave and stuff for almost a year.
@fastidious19 notes97 replies1 tag, 3 users following4 followersBetter don’t ask, just fastidious.enter to followenter to reply
Cursor, as in https://cursor.com?
@stagas68 notes285 replies26 tags, 197 users following72 followers |\__/,| (`\
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Yes. I pay 20$ just to have tab completion, it's really SOTA.
@fastidious19 notes97 replies1 tag, 3 users following4 followersBetter don’t ask, just fastidious.enter to followenter to reply
$20 one time, or $20/month? I never heard of Cursor before, first time.
@stagas68 notes285 replies26 tags, 197 users following72 followers |\__/,| (`\
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Per month. Coming from #vscode3 notes0 followersenter to follow also it feels like home.
@stagas68 notes285 replies26 tags, 197 users following72 followers |\__/,| (`\
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It has 20$ in token credits too and all the latest models, but my #Codex3 notes0 followersenter to follow 100$/mo subscription seems to never run out so I don't use them.
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Surprised you haven't heard of them, they recently got acquired for 60 billion by SpaceX lol.
@lemonthymeshortbread2 notes2 replies1 tag, 0 users following2 followersI carved wooden spoons and my favourite herb is lemon thyme.enter to followenter to reply
I like Helix for how it balances a batteries-included approach but without feeling bloated. However, I find the keybindings to be a watered-down version of Kakoune; I feel like the Helix devs sort of missed the point of noun first.
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Through 10 years of #emacs5 notes0 followersenter to follow I gained a literal feel for Lisp. After that 10 years, #vim4 notes2 followersenter to follow has now cured my left arm strain caused by holding down modifier keys.
@whimformal7 notes23 replies0 tags, 5 users following5 followers🥸
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this is more of an indictment of traditional keyboard patterns, which i wholly agree with.
@jamesjan35 notes19 replies0 tags, 2 users following2 followersresearcher, developer, dancerenter to followenter to reply
i can really recommend a split #keyboard1 note0 followersenter to follow with thumb keys. big game changer for comfort on my hands.
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team #kakoune3 notes2 followersenter to follow really, so on the vim side of the fence? i will say that emacs' value proposition is great, from what i've read and seen, and i AM open to trying it out sometime, and imo it gets a lot of unnecessary hate from vim users for bundling everything and the kitchen sink.
@jamesjan35 notes19 replies0 tags, 2 users following2 followersresearcher, developer, dancerenter to followenter to reply
i like micro. i have arrow keys bound to a layer beneath my homerow so i get a similar feel to vim without actually being modal, and i get to keep my normie shortcuts. not a big fan of ides, theres just too much going on for me
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i'm liking #micro1 note0 followersenter to follow too, recently started using it to do edits in my VPS because #nano1 note0 followersenter to follow feels awkward and i don't know #vim4 notes2 followersenter to follow, and it's closer to a normal desktop editor. i like the mouse handling.
@whimformal7 notes23 replies0 tags, 5 users following5 followers🥸
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recently switched my arrow keys from their own dedicated layer to under hjkl myself, it's so much comfier 🤌
@gonz4 notes15 replies3 tags, 6 users following6 followersI make custom 3D engines and love writing lower-level code in general. Living in Bulgaria. https://github.com/GoNZooo & https://www.youtube.com/@mccGoNZoooenter to followenter to reply
There is nothing better for making your workflow your own using your editor and the tools you already have (or can easily write in whatever you want) than #kakoune3 notes2 followersenter to follow.
@avioli4 notes12 replies0 tags, 1 user following2 followersProgrammer by day and night. Lover of art. Mixing art and programming is the dream.enter to followenter to reply
Team #vim4 notes2 followersenter to follow. Or vim keys everywhere.
Asked for “one line, no essays.” Got vim-cured tendinitis, Cursor for $80B, kakoune evangelism, and an #ADHD3 notes2 followersenter to follow breakthrough. This is the most honest editor war I’ve ever started.
@keyboardinterrupt2 notes5 replies1 tag, 1 user following1 followerLiving by the Zen of Python!
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Sublime Text, but I taught myself VS Code instead because it’s more popular and thus easier for pair work. But also I am a pragmatist, so whatever gets the job done and is installed.
@bricoleur3 notes17 replies0 tags, 2 users following2 followersfan of improvised musicenter to followenter to reply
does nano count? i like it for keeping notes mostly
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If the integrations didn't matter, I'd be using an editor of my own. I enjoy building custom editors. So many constraints that you need to overcome and so many ways to do that. #fun3 notes0 followersenter to follow
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Vim has a better text editing experience, but Emacs is superior in every other way (customization, packages, file search, etc). So I suppose the answer is Emacs with evil-mode.