Post B1RM8p5FuRE0lhLUQK by oinak@ruby.social
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(DIR) Post #B1PRDPsCubub0vZqtc by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T11:23:37Z
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@orhun/115745950309609393Sounds like this could be an excellent beginner’s editor that removes the rather unfortunate “go modal or go VSCode” dichotomy we’re usually faced with (said as a Helix Editor aficionado).
(DIR) Post #B1PRrFauY3huiYTurI by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T11:31:33Z
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@kkarhan Yeah, me too, but most folks just end up using VSCode.
(DIR) Post #B1PUG36mJ9X18nL7mS by micha@23.social
2025-12-19T11:57:38Z
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@aral @kkarhan because of missing extensions i guess. 🤷♂️
(DIR) Post #B1PXvGvC9h6piWGndA by device@infosec.exchange
2025-12-19T12:17:51Z
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@aral it's not bad, I've been playing with it, but unfortunately as soon as I saw the commits are made with claude my interest dropped to 0. Wish the author the best though
(DIR) Post #B1Q2ki2Y5NxvDY9XlY by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T21:37:30Z
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@rmi I’ll look it up, thanks; hadn’t realised. Also: *sigh* Once, just once… :)
(DIR) Post #B1Q5Yp8q9mCLd77UnI by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T22:09:10Z
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Sorry folks, hearing that this one is vibe coded (just checked and Claude’s all over the commits)… @rmi suggested Micro instead:https://micro-editor.github.io/Going to check that one out when I get a moment to see if it’s good to recommend for beginners.My daily driver is Helix, and I love it :)https://helix-editor.com#dev #editor #CLI #nonModal #micro #terminal
(DIR) Post #B1Q6Zxfo1OCKKme5Zo by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T22:20:25Z
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@rmi Ah, looks like Micro doesn’t have Language Server Protocol (LSP) support. That’s a deal breaker at five minutes to 2026.https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/1138The search continues for an editor that is:• Non-modal• Terminal-based• Not some AI grift/VC-funded startup crap
(DIR) Post #B1Q6rAhoounhg0nGLo by piyuv@techhub.social
2025-12-19T22:17:49Z
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@mdhughes @aral everything when downhill after punch cards
(DIR) Post #B1Q6rBOiFR6zp2rWD2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19T22:23:44Z
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@piyuv @mdhughes IBM used punched cards and Hollerith machines to help Hitler carry out the Holocaust.(Guess we have to look further back.)
(DIR) Post #B1QB8bQ79K6HGm503k by oinak@ruby.social
2025-12-19T23:11:38Z
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@aral @rmi maybe https://sinelaw.github.io/fresh/ ?
(DIR) Post #B1QwjPxpOykyIauDR2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-20T08:05:01Z
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@rmi @skye I wish something like micro (ideally the same one) *was* included by default on every Linux distribution. Would make it much friendlier to get started and use.s/nano/micro/
(DIR) Post #B1Qzpp7X5DWRv8BuDo by Tywele@corteximplant.com
2025-12-20T08:03:21Z
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@oinak @aral @rmi look at the start of the thread
(DIR) Post #B1QzpqHqkLMxXQ1ewS by oinak@ruby.social
2025-12-20T08:36:14Z
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@Tywele @aral @rmi oh sorry, my client had not seen, I found the thread by some of the responses. I am on team neovim, because modal does works for me. However, back in ~2009 I spent a couple years testing every editor under the sun, so I sympathize deeply with OP's struggle.
(DIR) Post #B1QzpraJv9jpYzfvN2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-20T08:39:40Z
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@oinak @Tywele @rmi Oh, I’m a Helix Editor fan myself but I’m writing an introduction to Small Web dev course with Kitten (https://kitten.small-web.org) and I want students to use a predefined set of tools if possible to avoid tool-specific issues and hence the search for a simple-to-use editor :)
(DIR) Post #B1RJ0HXYRKpeYVoluK by pb@chaos.social
2025-12-20T12:14:09Z
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@aral @rmi Helix is fantastic! I switched from VS Code (with Vim keybindings) to Helix a few months ago and couldn’t be happier.
(DIR) Post #B1RM8p5FuRE0lhLUQK by oinak@ruby.social
2025-12-20T12:49:22Z
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@aral @Tywele @rmi Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw used to solve this by recommending gedit, but the only requirements were I think: easy, cross platform, syntax highlight
(DIR) Post #B1RfT2YdQCwvTfRQcC by ryanprior@mastodon.social
2025-12-20T16:26:14Z
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@aral @rmi anything disqualify Emacs?
(DIR) Post #B1ZIXR79Jpvd7FOMGu by Mr_Teatime@social.tchncs.de
2025-12-24T08:47:00Z
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@aralAs a former nedit aficionado (used it well into 2012, until not speaking UTF-8 became too much), I'm currently missing two text editors:- one simple and slim GUI editor that pops up instantly, has a simple but very effective search&replace and a *conventional* keymap, plus an intuitive block editing/multicursor imolementation. Sublime gets close but starts up much too slow. LSP is nice but not required (If I need that, I've got heavier tools)- one non-modal commandline editor for remote work *which doesn't require me to memorize the manual* and with mostly conventional keybindigs. Nano kinda works but I want to re-use my muscle memory from nedit, notepad++ and so forth. Mouse support would be awesome, but I *need* 1 or 2 lines showing hotkeys or a menu.
(DIR) Post #B1ZKa1DuEmTfaquZNY by Mr_Teatime@social.tchncs.de
2025-12-24T09:09:52Z
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@aralObligatory XKCD reference:https://xkcd.com/378(*Real* programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want)More serious:It's not a trivial question what technology you should avoid because of how someone else uses it, or may use it. There are way more edge cases than anyone has time for.@piyuv @mdhughes
(DIR) Post #B22MjDofIchLnjm7f6 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-07T09:19:58Z
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@customizer @rmi Thank you, I’ll check it out :) 💕