Post 95663 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
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(DIR) Post #95484 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:22:41Z
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tfw you spend almost a decade trying out different text editors and reluctantly realize vim was the best one all along
(DIR) Post #95537 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:25:06Z
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actually i'm using neovim now but still
(DIR) Post #95548 by cimni@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:25:45Z
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@thatcosmonaut Haha what about Visual Code? I used to use Notepad++ haha
(DIR) Post #95557 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:26:32Z
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@cimni VC is fine as far as electron-based stuff goes but it's still electron-based and also i trust microsoft as far as i can throw them
(DIR) Post #95577 by cimni@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:27:45Z
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@thatcosmonaut Atom was just so slow for me... What's wrong with electron-based editors tho?
(DIR) Post #95606 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:29:17Z
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@cimni you are running a program on top of a complete chrome build, which includes things like userland Xbox 360 drivers lmao. RIP efficiency and battery life
(DIR) Post #95631 by cimni@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:30:12Z
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@thatcosmonaut Ah I see! Lol didn't know about that.
(DIR) Post #95663 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:32:41Z
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@cimni yea electron is a performance nightmare. it really just points out the desperate need for a new cross-platform native UI system, everyone would rather build their app on top of an entire fucking web browser than touch GTK or anything like it
(DIR) Post #95672 by micah@mastodon.technology
2018-09-19T22:33:24Z
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@thatcosmonautI keep abandoning it because it gets redraw errors over ssh, have you had that issue?
(DIR) Post #95678 by thatcosmonaut@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:33:53Z
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@micah interesting, i've never tried using it remotely so no
(DIR) Post #95718 by cimni@knzk.me
2018-09-19T22:38:06Z
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@thatcosmonaut It's really a mess now, tho I can see why they do this. Honestly I don't know how it will turn out 10 years from now, but I hope it makes things simpler and cleaner.