Post B6cSSozJFqWaAndduy by mwl@io.mwl.io
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 (DIR) Post #B6b3oqUpdQX7D5pOoi by thorstenzoeller@exquisite.social
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       If you are seriously thinking about learning #Vim / #Neovim, do yourself a favor and proceed as follows:1. Grok ed(1).2. Grok vi(1).3. Ask yourself whether you really need anything ed(1) and vi(1) don't provide.If your answer to step 3 is "yes", go ahead. But first, do steps 1 and 2.Here is how to do step 1: Read the man page (it's rather short), read "Ed Mastery" by @mwl (those two steps are interchangeable and even parallelizable), then use it consistently.Here is how to do step 2: Read the man page (it's rather short as well, though not as short as ed's), then use it consistently.Also, have a look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/1220118.#vi #ed
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cSSnkNrqzWKDeD0y by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @thorstenzoeller @mwlDang it, I'm so upset that "grok" makes me think of apartheid clyde and his "ai" garbage.Not remotely your fault.But dang. 😆 🤦‍♂️I even remember that word from the somewhat infamous late 80s William Shatner #SNL "move out of your parents' basement and get a life!" skit where the one guy had on a T-Shirt saying "I GROK SPOCK," and we all went hunting in our dictionaries for what the heck grok meant. 😄P.S., #TIL I learned about marks in (even vanilla) vi/nvi.I HAVE BEEN USING vi FOR A QUARTER CENTURY 🤣I have no defense. I plead guilty of cluelessness and not RTFMming.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cSSoRdH3aOULskQS by cavyherd@wandering.shop
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       @rl_dane @thorstenzoeller @mwl <checks that wikipedia has an entry for 'grok'> Okay, good, I'm not •that• old....I came to the word backwards, bc it was an unremarkable part of my family's vocabulary when I was coming up, & it wasn't until I started reading #SciFi in my teens that I ran across the original coinage in SiaSL....
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cSSooftO19dof9LE by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @cavyherd @thorstenzoeller @mwlThat's where the word came from? Wow. Now I really need to read it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cSSozJFqWaAndduy by mwl@io.mwl.io
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       @rl_dane @thorstenzoeller Perhaps @cavyherd is not that old, but I am.It's very 60s, be warned.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6dNHYo4lowGBq9fJg by cavyherd@wandering.shop
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       @mwl @rl_dane @thorstenzoeller There are those who would argue (out loud & with their full chest) that it •started• the sixties.I am 100% certain that Mr. Heinlein would (& likely •did•) Have Words about that idea....Edit: And, yes, I am that old. SiaSL had been out for may 10 years by the time I read it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6dOaKNejLTGu8JHQ8 by mwl@io.mwl.io
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       @cavyherd @rl_dane @thorstenzoeller It was Heinlein's side of the "can an sf writer start a religion?" bet with L Ron Hubbard.SiaSL was basically harmless.LRH took his side waaaay too far.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6dP6BV3HfticzxZeC by cavyherd@wandering.shop
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       @mwl @rl_dane @thorstenzoeller Lol Truth—Which has consequences down to this day....