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    [–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    How to use vim in 2 simple steps:

    1- Pretend to use vim

    2- Use nano like a normal person

    [–] kernelle 18 points 2 years ago

    ESC ESC ESC :q

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Am I a bad person for using Visual Studio Code?

    [–] cool 13 points 2 years ago

    You are just normal and sane

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    I upvoted because yes, you are bad and you should feel bad.

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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or Micro, if you're a filthy casual like me

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Jesus, how much more basic can you really get than nano?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    Ed or just sed

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
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    [–] beigegull 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I tried nano, but none of the standard key combination would let me save or quit.

    [–] demonsword 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    you can always edit /etc/nanorc if you don't like the stock keyboard shortcuts

    [–] beigegull 5 points 2 years ago

    Like, with vim?

    [–] hydroel 1 points 2 years ago

    No indeed they wouldn't, but it's still not as bad as vim.

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    [–] Nerrad 3 points 2 years ago

    Nano is life.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

    I know how to use Vim, but then I switched to Colemak, and now I don't know how to use Vim.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Transcription:

    [you go to jail meme template]

    Panel 1: You want to write a program? Use vim.

    Panel 2: [logos of matplotlib, pandas, and R] Need to process scientific data? Also vim.

    Panel 3: [LaTeX logo] Writing a report about that data? Vim.

    Panel 4: [OpenSCAD, CadQuery logos] 3D modeling? Believe it or not, straight to vim.

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    [–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

    and when something isn't available in vim, just use the built-in terminal to access it

    "What are you trying to tell me? What I can quit vim?"
    "No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to."

    [–] pacology 17 points 2 years ago

    Was this image coded in vim pixel by pixel? If not, I’m disappointed.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    As an Emacs user, I support this meme.

    [–] InfiniteFlow 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    When I was programming around 1990, we used VI, not VIM, and there was this rivalry with the emacs people. It was like one of those "Windows vs Mac", "iOS vs Android" things but with UNIX text editors. Glad to see, 30+ years later, VI(M) people and emacs people are able to reconcile their differences :)

    Now I feel bad to have moved to other editors over the years, nowadays VSCode :P

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Bold of you to assume that the VIM emacs wars have ended

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

    Both sides of the debate: WE Will win this fight! ... Eventually.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    One hundred years later.....

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    I ask interviewees what they use as a text editor. If they answer emacs, job interview over.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Imo Thats more of an emacs stereotype.

    I mean, there is a openSCAD preview plugin https://github.com/zk-phi/scad-preview

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Funnily enough, I have had the same experience recently, but with VSCode

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I dunno, sed, awk and echo do just fine without layering on the bloat with Vim

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    πŸ€“ ed is the original editor

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    I enjoyed this meme.

    • Sent from my Vim Editor
    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Based meme :wq

    [–] GustavoM 3 points 2 years ago

    "Doing your mum?"

    "That's me with vim."

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Wait you can do modeling in vim? OMG I need to try

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    You can do 3D modeling with OpenSCAD, which uses plaintext files as source code for 3D models. So yes, you can edit these .scad files with vim. If you then want to compile and preview your model, you can just open the official OpenSCAD editor and close the text pane. It'll automatically watch the file you're editing for changes, compile it, and give you a preview of the model that you can rotate and move around.

    The other software mentioned in the last panel is cadquery. It's a Python library for creating 3d models. But it's much slower and buggier than OpenSCAD, and, in my opinion, less intuitive.

    [–] tdawg 2 points 2 years ago

    I absolutely love vim. It pairs well if you know a variety of other shell style tooling. BUT I also think that's it's biggest weakness. Not everyone want to learn an entire system of really nitpicky specific tools just feel confident when they print hello world

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

    I still haven't discovered an itch that R couldn't scratch.

    [–] Seven 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    You joke, but this is how the typing system of BASH works

    Also, upvote for Nanachi 🐰

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    [–] Kutsuya 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Vscode is the way to go. I know how to use vim, I just find it a hassle. Been using Linux for over 20 years by now, man, time flies...

    [–] hinterlufer 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    guess what, VS Code has a vim mode

    [–] Kutsuya 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I prefer to stay away from torture.

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    [–] KD_14 1 points 2 years ago

    It's not bad but I always find a few things that don't work how I want to with vim mode.

    [–] Seven 2 points 2 years ago

    "Keeping a diary of your life? vim. Managing AI data? vim. Doing simple edits on programs? IDK, nano I guess."

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