I’ve used VS Code for a long time, but have recently grown weary of Microsoft’s approach to OSS. I’ve checked out VS Codium which seems like it might be a great option.

What text editor are you using?

  • @vi21@lemmy.ml
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    52 years ago

    I’m using GNU Emacs, which is, from my experience, great for open source software and decentralized development. Last year, I found an issue in a package/extension, I could make an experiment by modifying and running its code on the fly. I didn’t even need to reload the whole package/extension. So I figured the solution out and submitted a pull request quickly.

    • @a_Ha@lemmy.ml
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      32 years ago

      1- terminal-based text editor,
      2- with mouse support,
      3- 1000 x better than nano(editor) & vim (just kidding, 5 x better)

      • Tmpod
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        12 years ago

        Vim and neovim have mouse support as well. Micro has less plugins and is overall less configurable than (neo)vim. The style sure is different, but in terms of features, vim outclasses micro atm.

        • @GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml
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          12 years ago

          I may break down and learn some vim keybindings soon since so many other Linux or FOSS programs use it or can use it. But, until then, why waste time learning a bunch of stuff when micro allows me to use the newer standard keybindings that most programs use (^s to save; ^v to paste, etc)?

  • @GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml
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    32 years ago

    I do not code, so take what I say in that context. I use Geany because it does many things - and a guy who won a coding competition says he uses only Geany. Geany is far lighter than Atom (which is owned now by Microsoft). Geany handles markdown fairly well and I use mostly markdown. But, plan to learn a tiny bit of code. For terminal, i use use nano or something similar called micro. Both nano and micro can open/use markdown (.md) or .txt, and, though they cannot open .rtf, if i use Ranger terminal file manager, they can show the preveiwed contents of an .rtf file, but cannot open it to edit it that way. Geany can open .rtf if it has no graphics - so text only. If there is formatting added, though, it is an ugly sight. I am testing software on a slow HDD in order to have a very light, fast system and Geany does fine on it.

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    32 years ago

    I used Sublime Text for a very long time, but I’ve been using neovim for a year now and I really like it. ST is an amazing piece of software, but I enjoy working on neovim more. I use IntelliJ from time to time in Java or Kotlin projects because they are simply unparalleled.

  • @loki@lemmy.ml
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    32 years ago

    I use Neovim, LiteXL, and VS Codium depending on the project size and needs. no one tool suits all.

  • @iortega@lemmy.eus
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    TL;DR: Neovim.

    Because I feel exceptionally happy today, I’m going to talk about my journey among text editors:

    Unnecessary text

    I will start from Vim.

    I started using Vim 5 years ago.
    i = 0
    while (still using vim) and i < 6:
    ----test Emacs vanilla
    ----give up with Emacs vanilla
    ----i++
    ----wait 1-4 months
    test Emacs Xah-Fly-Keys;
    Success
    wait 2 months
    Back to Vim.
    Test again vanilla Emacs 2 more times while using vim.
    Test again xah-fly-keys Emacs.
    After Several months…
    Upgrade to Neovim!
    2 days later: Back to Vim.
    X more time.
    We are on Q1 2020. Let’s use Doom Emacs!
    While using Doom Emacs I copy vim configs to Neovim because I got bored of Doom for a week.
    Doom possesses me for 2 years (while still using Neovim for terminal things sometimes).
    2021 Summer I move my Vimrc configs on neovim to Lua. Still Doom.
    Doom Emacs decides to no longer open and freezes on startup. Nice.
    Now I’m on Neovim. Waiting for nativecomp Emacs. I still regularly open Doom Emacs to check whether it got fixed magically by itself (no luck as of today).

    I’m happy with with neovim currently. I feel like neovim is like more robust and Doom Emacs can like do many many super cool and maybe little things, but sometimes decides to bug itself. Hard choice.

      • @iortega@lemmy.eus
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        12 years ago

        Your comment didn’t arrive to me until today. I already fixed the problem. I seemed to have some kind of error on my config, but for some reason I didn’t matter until the day Emacs broke. dunno.