Get yourself a code editor you can compile in 30 seconds if you need to
(Get yourself Helix Editor is what I’m saying.) ;)
There is only thing I ever want to know about an editor: will it screw me?
@aral yeah but I'm a neovim fundamentalist :)
@aral it seems like you have previously compiled it. Else it takes 4-5 minutes on my computer to build from scratch.
@aral another vim?
@aral well, I'm pretty sure I can download/copy the neovim Appimage in less than 30s
@aral Been using Helix exclusively for half a year now instead of an IDE. Super nimble, except when vi muscle memory intervenes and I have to do a command twice.
@aral
from their site:
»...a modern set of defaults. It's easier to get started if you've never used a modal editor before, and there's much less fiddling with config files.«
...that *might* be the console text editor I've been waiting for. Or not. Will have to test. VI's approach ("if you haven't memorized the manual, you're not worthy") has prevented me from moving beyond nano, so far.
@aral
... failed my test.
I started it, was glad to be able to move the cursor with cursor keys and pos1/end, but ctrl+cursor keys does nothing, same for shift+cursor keys. Hey, even the mouse works, and even for select/paste, but why no double-click for whole words? And there's nothing in the UI that tells me how to switch mode, save, close...
found irrelevant explanations while trying ctrl+Q to quit, and even ctrl+C does something else.
All I wanted was a single line on screen with hints...