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What's the best text editor
This poll is closed.
emacs 0 0%
vim 11 20.00%
notepad 2 3.64%
notepad ++ 10 18.18%
textedit 2 3.64%
microsoft word 2 3.64%
notes.app 3 5.45%
vscode 7 12.73%
sublime or atomic or one of those 7 12.73%
textwrangler (remember that one?) 3 5.45%
<textarea> in the browser 2 3.64%
this thread 6 10.91%
Total: 25 votes
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InternetOfTwinks
Apr 2, 2011

Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just bad
I like my neovim setup because it's portable and I've tinkered with it endlessly so it is tailored to myself, but I can't recommend it over a modern IDE unless you find that tinkering process enjoyable in itself. I'm a lot quicker in it now, but there was a significant learning curve and there's still some bits and pieces I still need to iron out here and there that an IDE would totally sidestep, but also I can have like 20 files open with basically no overhead which is nice. Being able to open a full terminal in a buffer with a hotkey is also pretty convenient imo. This does not stop me from talking about it at work way too much, that's just part of the package apparently.

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InternetOfTwinks
Apr 2, 2011

Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just bad
I just mapped my modifiers in QMK so holding Caps = Control, Enter = Alt, and Tab = Windows, and chording is no problem now.

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