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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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Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

i use and like emacs, but thats with 17 years of manicuring a .emacs config to fix all the terrible defaults, and with a kinesis keyboard where ctrl is under a thumb and not a pinky. in any case i wouldn't recommend it to a friend

on the other hand my programming career has been going pretty well and i assume this is entirely the result of my choice in text editor

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Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

lsp has been a huge help with giving emacs more ide functionality, got my emacs highlighting errors and jumping to definitions in several langs, even python. thanks vscode

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

Bored Online posted:

emacs style chording is bad for your wrists. i have no information to back this up

per my earlier post emacs pairs well with a kinesis advantage where ctrl/alt are under the thumbs

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

lol if you aren't still running the same hand-edited version of an emacs color theme since 2010 across a half dozen jobs and languages just lol

still works as-is without any changes

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

emacs configs are like sourdough starters if you think about it

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Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

oh so like emacs + lsp

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