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#unix_surrealism #comic #vim #vi #openbsd #technomage #edisthestandardeditor
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#unix_surrealism #comic #vim #vi #openbsd #technomage #edisthestandardeditor
Still using nvi on Slackware.
No plugins. No syntax highlighting. Just speed, predictability, and classic vi behavior, even with multi-GB files.
I wrote a short guide explaining why nvi still matters and how its architecture enables fast, low-memory editing.
📄 https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html (NVI Editor Guide)
📄 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt (plain text)
#slackware #editor #nvi #vi #unix #minimalism
Still using nvi on Slackware.
No plugins. No syntax highlighting. Just speed, predictability, and classic vi behavior, even with multi-GB files.
I wrote a short guide explaining why nvi still matters and how its architecture enables fast, low-memory editing.
📄 https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html (NVI Editor Guide)
📄 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt (plain text)
#slackware #editor #nvi #vi #unix #minimalism
Wondering which accessible dice to use or where to get them from?
We’ve put together a comprehensive guide to accessible dice, covering the different options available, tips on how to choose the right set and where to purchase them. Explore the full guide at the link below:
https://knightsofthebraille.com/2025/11/22/accessible-dice-guide-for-blind-visually-impaired-people/
#TTRPG #DND #RPG #A11Y #Accessibility #Accessible #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #VI #Dice
On second thought, #Vi-like keybindings do have a couple of advantages:
1. Simplicity: you have to memorize them, but that's *easy* since they're single letters.
2. Familiarity: knowing you can open many text-based programs and type / to search or q to quit is a breath of fresh air.
But no, most of us don't think "3wdb" when trying to delete the third word from the cursor. That's machine speak.
On second thought, #Vi-like keybindings do have a couple of advantages:
1. Simplicity: you have to memorize them, but that's *easy* since they're single letters.
2. Familiarity: knowing you can open many text-based programs and type / to search or q to quit is a breath of fresh air.
But no, most of us don't think "3wdb" when trying to delete the third word from the cursor. That's machine speak.
Wondering which accessible dice to use or where to get them from?
We’ve put together a comprehensive guide to accessible dice, covering the different options available, tips on how to choose the right set and where to purchase them. Explore the full guide at the link below:
https://knightsofthebraille.com/2025/11/22/accessible-dice-guide-for-blind-visually-impaired-people/
#TTRPG #DND #RPG #A11Y #Accessibility #Accessible #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #VI #Dice
WH0 CΛRΞS
emacs vim or whatever you are using is fine;
what truly matters is learning text manipulation ー a godlike skill of a lifetime that will last you forever and will help reaching new heights whatever you pursue;
#emacs #vim #vi #neovim #gnu #linux #fsf #technology #tech #programming #bash #sh #bsd #mastodon
WH0 CΛRΞS
emacs vim or whatever you are using is fine;
what truly matters is learning text manipulation ー a godlike skill of a lifetime that will last you forever and will help reaching new heights whatever you pursue;
#emacs #vim #vi #neovim #gnu #linux #fsf #technology #tech #programming #bash #sh #bsd #mastodon
How modal editing and vi originated and why this is a unique design choice tied to specific circumstances.
https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/modal-editing-is-a-weird-historical-contingency
How modal editing and vi originated and why this is a unique design choice tied to specific circumstances.
https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/modal-editing-is-a-weird-historical-contingency
I think it just my experience. I was a vi user many years before the vimulator came along. I didn't like the key-bindings for buffers and the developer wasn't nice. I stuck with my ways in vi until 95.
I switched to emacs but used viper the vi emulator in emacs. Emacs buffers and keymaps are amazing compared to vim. Eventually I kept a reasonably configured vim around. But I'd never use it for more than a quick look at something. 2011 I used vim for a year, for work. It was very lacking despite a ton of vim script. Which is awful. I switched back to emacs with evil.
Recently I've realized I don't like evil is it's goal to emulate vim.
@jamie
So really it comes down to my view that #Vim is emulating #Vi, and so is #Emacs.
If you then look at the infrastructure around that,
Emacs is much more capable and less limiting in what you can do. That everything is a buffer means that it's buffer management is amazing.
The modes and key-bindings are awesome and it's all
pleasantly programmable in lisp.
Vi is a great editor, but there isn't much to it. It's a lightweight editor that works well. I think people confuse what is emulating Vi versus what is the application surrounding the emulator.
Emacs has, Evil, Viper, Meow, Boon and Meep modal editors. That says something too.
