Coders or lemmy, what editors do you use? Is it worth learning a new one?
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Helix because it's easy to setup and hassle free, and it runs well on my 2009 ASUS Eee
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vscodium and neovim extension
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i really wonder why mousepads sucks
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I've tried it briefly, but didn't like it/did not find an intuitive or preferred way into it.
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I'm using helix with arrows. On a standard layout its not so great, but on my main keyboard I have a layer with arrow keys near hjkl. So I can use that on all software even on my BÉPO (DVORAC like) layout.
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I've been using Vim for over 10 years. The first few years I used it badly. Later I took time to really learn it. Now I can use it fairly decently, but I still learn new things every now and then.
It feels like a really good investment. It's been around forever, it's gonna be around forever, it's installed on almost all computers, and you're going to be forced to use it at some point or another.
I really enjoy being able to go to any computer and starting up a familiar editor, without installing or configuring stuff. I also use a very vanilla Vim. If a coworker's laptop or some server has a different Vim config than mine, I can usually do
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I switched to helix last year after over twenty years of vim. I really like helix, but it did take some getting used to. Using multiple cursors instead of repeated commands etc
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Speed of editing is rarely a bottleneck when editing code
It's not just that though, its moving around your code. Being able to jump between matching brackets, follow references etc. it's just quicker and easier with a modal editor.
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Gdb doesn't support arm macs. I've switched to lldb.
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Nice. Does it work well for you? How does it compare?
