New #blog post: Why I love vim
https://rldane.space/why-i-love-vim.html
497 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
Zed editor added Helix keybindings in their latest release. 
Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux
"It’s funny how useful a 34-year-old software design can still be."
Also, it was not a coincidence that it looked like QuickBasic.
Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux https://arstechni.ca/Jxqa #softwaredevelopment #Vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #SimonWillison #commandline #Programming #texteditors #opensource #microsoft #retrotech #Windows #GitHub #MS-DOS #Ubuntu #Linux #Tech #rust
Seems like M$ is determined to ruin VSCode with all that copilot crap. I've moved to Codium on my work machine today. I wouldn't be surprised if 2025 turned out to be the year I finally quit GUI editors for good and moved to NeoVim.
How-To Geek: Microsoft’s New Text Editor Is a Vim and Nano Alternative. “Microsoft just released ‘Edit’ as a new command-line text editor, which will soon be a built-in Windows application. It’s inspired by the MS-DOS Edit program from the 1990s, and it’s already open-source software.”
In addition to open sourcing WSL at 2025 Build, Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot and… <checks notes> a command-line text editor that isn’t emacs, vi, vim, Neovim, ed, edlin, nano, pico, e3, JOE, micro, Kakoune, mcedit, mle, Yi, Tilde, sublimious, ne, slap, multitextor, Mg, vis, or any other terminal editor from the last 50 years.
Sounds like somebody vibe-coded themselves a new application!
Text editor ranking
The Register: Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users. “Researchers at Canada’s Citizen Lab have spotted a phishing campaign and supply chain attack directed at Uyghur people living outside China, and suggest it’s an example of Beijing’s attempts to target the ethnic minority group.”
A nice bit of #ComputerHistory for #Vim:
“Understanding The Origins And The Evolution Of Vi & Vim” [2023], Gustavo Pezzi (https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43691020
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/jmemvd/understanding_origins_evolution_vi_vim
If you ever wanted a 15-minute snooze-fest through the riveting world of text editors, this one's for you! 
Apparently, #Vi and #Vim are like the Beethovens of #open-source #software history—cue the orchestra! 
Also, a detour to East London for #coffee is somehow relevant? 
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https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor #texteditors #break #HackerNews #ngated
بدائل Notepad++ لنظام Linux: دليل للمطورين
#وسوم #Tags #Notepad++ #Linux #بدائل_Notepad++
#محررات_نصوص #TextEditors #برمجة #Coding
#مفتوح_المصدر #OpenSource #Geany #VSCode
#Kate #GEdit #تطوير_برمجيات #SoftwareDevelopment
#أوبونتو #Ubuntu #فيدورا #Fedora #لينكس #Gnutux
Wow, a live demo of EmacsSolo! Finally, the revelation that watching someone else tinker with text editors can be "humbling and inspiring." Who knew staring at code could be such a thrill ride? 
https://www.rahuljuliato.com/posts/emacs-solo-demo #EmacsSolo #LiveDemo #TextEditors #CodingInspiration #HumblingExperience #HackerNews #ngated
@cx7 but I could say the same about #emacs too ;)
#emacs #editorwars #texteditors #operatingsystems #linux #orgmode
I went to Calm Coding at @varia and it was very cool! We listened to #cumbia, ate cookies and talked about #servers, #microblogging, #sftp, #texteditors, #obsidian, #emacs, #vim, #bash, #zotero, #mastodon, #bluesky, #wikimedia, #hibiscus, #markdown, #orgmode, #hugo, #knitting, #happenings, #websites, #rent and #bread. Admittedly there was some coding as well.
I felt very welcome and I think it's pretty dope that I already met real peoples through Mastodon! 8-)
Ty @bene & @ccl for organizing!
What's the best software for editing #GemText? I have a #Gemini capsule I'm playing with that's generated by Sutter:
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/sutter
It's a managed hosting environment where it's not pleasant to edit the text directly on the server, so I guess I'll write gemtext on my desktop and sync it with the server. I might as well have the prettiest editing environment possible.
I recognize that gemtext is simple so I don't need an IDE, I just want good ergonomics.
Quick Q: How do you all prefer your text editors?
(See reply for poll, unfortunately cant have both images and a poll)
New post in our blog! 
Venture into our latest blog post, the first of a series where the author guides the reader through the reasons and the basics of using Neovim.
https://blog.codeminer42.com/a-noobs-neovim-journey-pt-1-but-why/
